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The Shepherd Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S270118)

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Place where I lived a shepherd boy, A

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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George B. Gardiner MSS (VWML) H127

Performer

Read, Richard

Place

England : Hampshire : Bishops Sutton

Collector

Gardiner, G.B.

Date collected

1905 (Jun)

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Manuscript collection

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X6916

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Shepherd Boy, the [earliest Reference Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S461263)

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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VWML Online, George Gardiner Collection, GG/1/3/127

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1905

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[Oral]

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[Data supplied by Steve Gardham as part of a project to identify earliest known versions of specific songs]

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X10680

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On Compton Downs
Roud Folksong Index (S485739)

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Once I was a shepherd boy, kept sheep on Compton Downs

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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Graebe, Forgotten Songs of the Upper Thames (2021) p.88

Performer

Haydon, Shadrach

Place

England : Oxfordshire : Bampton

Collector

Williams, Alfred

Date collected

1916

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Printed : Book

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Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard (8 Jan 1916) (Bathe/Clissold Ox197)

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X10996

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O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S246672)

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O once I was a shepherd boy

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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Roud, Upton & Taylor, Still Growing (2003) p.50

Performer

Hayden, Shadrach ('Shepherd')

Place

England : Oxfordshire : Bampton

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1909 (6 Sep)

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Printed : Book

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Cecil Sharp MSS FT 2367

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X5236

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O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S185616)

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O once I was a shepherd boy

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2367

Performer

Haden, Shepherd

Place

England : Oxfordshire : Bampton

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1909 (6 Sep)

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[First title given as SHEPHERD'S SONG]

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X4675

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On Compton Downs
Roud Folksong Index (S156939)

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Once I was a shepherd boy, kept sheep on Compton Downs

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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Alfred Williams MSS No.Ox.197 (Bathe/Clissold Index)

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Haydon, Shadrach

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England : Oxfordshire : Bampton

Collector

Williams, Alfred

Date collected

1914-1918

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$MS No.416a

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Transcript of text on Wiltshire Community History site

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X6914

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https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/folksongsintro.php
Once I Was a Shepherd Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S157014)

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O once I was a shepherd boy

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2407 [Search for 2407 in the current indexes]

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Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 2 (1974) pp.196-197

Performer

Haden, Shepherd

Place

England : Oxfordshire : Bampton

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1909 (6 Sep)

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Printed : Book

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Shepherd boy : Compton Down : Fol de rol chorus : Daylight : Breakfast : Shepherd's life

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Book

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X5127

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Shepherd Boy, the [earliest Reference Entry]
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O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy
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On Compton Downs
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O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy Roud Folksong Index (S185616)

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Once I Was a Shepherd Boy Roud Folksong Index (S157014)

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The Shepherd Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S270118)

Shepherd Boy, the [earliest Reference Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S461263)

On Compton Downs
Roud Folksong Index (S485739)

O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S246672)

O Once I Was a Shepherd's Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S185616)

On Compton Downs
Roud Folksong Index (S156939)

Once I Was a Shepherd Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S157014)