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The Nativity

Roud Broadside Index (B47517)
First Line: While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night
Source: Good Christmas Box (1847) 1 p.41
Roud No: 936
Format: Book
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The Nativity

Roud Folksong Index (S216409)
First Line: While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night
Source: Good Christmas Box (1847) 1 p.41
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Roud No: 936
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Roud Folksong Index (S324955)
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Source: Lucy Broadwood MSS (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) LEB/5/442
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Collector: Broadwood, Lucy
Roud No: 936
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Cinderella

Roud Folksong Index (S275658)
First Line: Cinderella, dressed in yellow
Source: Solomon, Zickary Zan (1980) p.60
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Place: USA : Alabama
Collector: Solomon, Jack / Solomon, Olivia
Roud No: 18410
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While Shepherds Watched

Roud Folksong Index (S324496)
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Source: Lucy Broadwood MSS (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) LEB/4/65 (version b)
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Place: England : Liverpool
Collector: Broadwood, Lucy
Roud No: 936
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Beautiful Bill

Roud Folksong Index (S275616)
First Line: Beautiful Bill was a beautiful beau
Source: Attebery, Idaho Folklife (1985) p.112
Performer: Bundy Family
Date: 1978-1981
Place: USA : Idaho
Collector: Stewart, Polly
Roud No: 5061
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Cowardy Cowardy Custard

Roud Folksong Index (S275670)
First Line: Cowardy cowardy custard
Source: Opie, I Saw Esau (1947) p.58
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Collector: Opie, Iona / Opie, Peter
Roud No: 19247
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While Shepherds Watched

Roud Folksong Index (S256153)
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Source: H.E.D. Hammond MSS (VWML) D88
Performer: Scott, William
Date: 1905 (Aug?)
Place: England : Dorset : Pulham
Collector: Hammond, Henry
Roud No: 936
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While Shepherds Watched

Roud Folksong Index (S165300)
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Source: Journal of the Folk-Song Society 7 (1926) p.291
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Place: Isle of Man
Collector: Clague, Dr.
Roud No: 936
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Whilst Shepherds Watch'd

Roud Folksong Index (S165308)
First Line: Whilst shepherds watch'd their flocks by night
Source: Sandys, Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern (1833) pp.147-148
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Place: England : Cornwall
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Roud No: 936
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Zadoc

Roud Folksong Index (S227082)
First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Source: Worden, Strike Sound (1971) p.20
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Date: 1971
Place: England : Cornwall : Padstow
Collector: Worden, John
Roud No: 936
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