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Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S320096)

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Meade, Country Music Sources (2002) p.2

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USA

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X6909

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S151364)

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Roud No

196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Shearin & Combs, Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs (1911) p.9

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USA : Kentucky

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Printed : Book

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X6228

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S400774)

3 of approx 317 results
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There was a lady and the lady gay

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Rounder 1037 ('Kentucky Country')

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Kazee, Buell

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USA : Kentucky

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Sound recording

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X7787

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S181270)

4 of approx 317 results
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There was a lady, a lady gay

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

Source

Chase, American Folk Tales & Songs (1956) pp.116-117

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USA

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Printed : Book

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X6797

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The Three Babes
Roud Folksong Index (S223464)

5 of approx 317 results
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Tombstone at our head, mother, A

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Pound, Folk-Song of Nebraska ... Syllabus p.10

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USA : Nebraska

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Printed : Book

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Frag. Text

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X6357

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The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S225838)

6 of approx 317 results
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There lived a wife at Usher's Well

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Leach, The Book of Ballads (1967) pp.52-53

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X4919

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S316823)

7 of approx 317 results
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There was a lady, and a lady gay

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Raine & Sharp, Mountain Ballads for Social Singing (1923) pp.26-27

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USA

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X7238

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S319121)

8 of approx 317 results
First Line

There was a lady and a lady gay

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196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

Source

JSP 77100 ('Mountain Frolic')

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Kazee, Buell

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USA : / (New York)

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Date collected

1928 (16 Jan)

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X7308

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The Lone Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S152662)

9 of approx 317 results
First Line

There was a lady neat

Roud No

196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

Source

Journal of American Folklore 23 (1910) p.429

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USA : Missouri : West Plains

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Belden, H.M.

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Printed : Journal / Serial

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The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S225821)

10 of approx 317 results
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There lived a wife at Usher's well

Roud No

196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

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Motherwell, Minstrelsy Ancient & Modern pp.121-123

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Scotland

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Printed : Book

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Scott MSB

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X5864

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Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S301873)

11 of approx 317 results
First Line

There was a little lady gay

Roud No

196 [Search for 196 in the current indexes]

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Child 79

Source

Vanguard VRS 9158 ('Songs & Ballads of the Ozarks')

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Riddle, Almeda

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USA : Arkansas : Heber Springs

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Date collected

1964c

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X6148

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Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S320096)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S151364)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S400774)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S181270)

The Three Babes
Roud Folksong Index (S223464)

The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S225838)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S316823)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S319121)

The Lone Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S152662)

The Wife of Usher's Well
Roud Folksong Index (S225821)

Lady Gay
Roud Folksong Index (S301873)