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Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S414850)

1 of approx 82 results
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There was an old woman all skin and bones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Xtra XTRA 1030 ('Jean Ritchie')

Performer

Ritchie, Jean

Place

USA : Kentucky

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X8977

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Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S190552)

2 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was an old woman all skin and bones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Ritchie, Garland of Mountain Song (1953) pp.24-25

Performer

Ritchie Family

Place

USA : Kentucky : Viper

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Printed : Book

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X6311

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There Was a Lady Skin and Bone
Roud Folksong Index (S223216)

3 of approx 82 results
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Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Brown, North Carolina Folklore 3 (1952) pp.189-193 (version g)

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USA : N. Carolina

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Lomax, John A.

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Printed : Book

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X6830

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Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S161519)

4 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was an old woman all skin and bones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Ritchie, Singing Family of the Cumberlands (1955) pp.11-12

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Ritchie Family

Place

USA : Kentucky : Viper

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X6310

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Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S251999)

5 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was an old woman all skin and bones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Ritchie, Swapping Song Book (1964) pp.76-77

Performer

Ritchie Family

Place

USA : Kentucky : Viper

Collector

Ritchie, Jean

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X6309

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The Lady All Skin and Bone
Roud Folksong Index (S211897)

6 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was a lady all skin and bone

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Opie, Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951) pp.260-261

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X4823

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Old Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S217510)

7 of approx 82 results
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Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Brown, North Carolina Folklore 3 (1952) pp.189-193 (version f)

Performer

Belvin, Miss Jennie

Place

USA : N. Carolina : Durham

Collector

Brown, Frank C.

Date collected

1922

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Printed : Book

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X6830

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Skin and Bones
Roud Folksong Index (S221755)

8 of approx 82 results
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There was an old woman all skin and bones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Ritchie, Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians p.26

Performer

Ritchie Family

Place

USA : Kentucky : Viper

Collector

Ritchie, Jean

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X6313

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Skin and Bones (the Skin and Bones Lady) [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S504023)

9 of approx 82 results
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501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) R069

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Online index

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/R069.html
Mrs. Jones
Roud Folksong Index (S155039)

10 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was an old woman her name was Jones

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Belden, Ballads & Songs...Missouri (1904) pp.502-503 (version b)

Performer

Martin, Douglas Voss

Place

USA : Virginia

Collector

Johns, Jane D.

Date collected

1917

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Printed : Book

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X6856

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Ghost Song
Roud Folksong Index (S206415)

11 of approx 82 results
First Line

There was an old woman, all skin and bone

Roud No

501 [Search for 501 in the current indexes]

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Peters, Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin (1977) p.203

Performer

Price, Mrs. Moody

Place

USA : Winsconsin : Dodgeville

Collector

Stratman-Thomas, Helene

Date collected

1946

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Printed : Book

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X6365

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