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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S164063)

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O she looked out of the window

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1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

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Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 1 pp.41-42

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1904 (8 Aug)

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Two magicians : Coal black smith : I'd rather die a maid : Transformations : Duck : Dog : Hare : Greyhound : Fly : Spider

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C. Sharp MS

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X5127

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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S164064)

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First Line

O she looked out of the window

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

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Karpeles, Crystal Spring pp.24-25

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1904 (8 Aug)

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Two magicians : Coal black smith : I'd rather die a maid : Transformations : Duck : Dog : Hare : Greyhound : Fly : Spider

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Most texts in this work amended/completed, etc.

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C. Sharp MS

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X5128

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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S164061)

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First Line

O she looked out of the window as white as any milk

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

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Sharp, Folk Songs from Somerset 1 (1904) pp.38-39, 66-67

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

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Printed : Book

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Magicians : Blacksmith : Duck & water dog : Hare & greyhound : Fly & spider

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X4481

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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S193359)

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First Line

O she looked out of the window

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

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Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 pp.348-353 (version 1)

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Sparks, Mr.

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England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1904 (8 Aug)

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Sharp MSS 276/383-4

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X4691

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The Two Magicians or The Coal Black Smith
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/276)

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First Line

Oh she looked out of the window as white as any milk

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Date collected

8 Aug 1904

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

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1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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FW 383-384 / FT 276

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Child 44

Laws No

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.383-384 / Folk Tunes p.276. Two titles given in the manuscript

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Clare College, Cambridge

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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S164065)

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First Line

O she look'd out of the window as white as any milk

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

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Journal of the Folk-Song Society 2 (1905) pp.50-51

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1904 (8 Aug)

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X6539

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The Two Magicians
Roud Folksong Index (S193358)

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First Line

Oh she looked out of the window

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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Child 44

Source

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.383-384 / Folk Tunes p.276

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Place

England : Somerset : Minehead

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1904 (8 Aug)

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[Second title given as: THE COAL BLACK SMITH]

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X4675

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The Two Magicians Or The Coal Black Smith
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/383)

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First Line

Oh she looked out of the window

Performer

Sparks, Mr.

Date collected

8 Aug 1904

Place

[England : Somerset : Minehead]

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

1350 [Search for 1350 in the current indexes]

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FW 383-384 / FT 276

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Child 44

Laws No

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.383-384 / Folk Tunes p.276. Title 'The Coal Black Smith' crossed out in the manuscript. Note by Cecil Sharp 'From Mr. Sparks, blacksmith'

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Clare College, Cambridge

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- t
  
                  The two magicians
  
                               or
  
        The Coal Black Smith
  
  Oh she looked out of the window
  
  as white as any milk
  
  But he looked into the window
  
  as black as any silk
  
  Hulloa, Halloa, Hulloa, [Hulloa]
  
  you coal black smith!
  
  You have done me no harm
  
  You you never shall have change my maiden name
  
  That I have kept so long;
  
  I'd rather die a maid
  
  "Yes!"- but then she said -
  
  "and be buried all in my grave
  
  Than I'd have such a [nasty]
  
  [Husky, dusky, musty, fusky,]
  
  Coal black smith
  
       a maiden   of   will
  
  my maiden name shall   die
- t
  
                                        2
  
  Then she became a duck,
  
  a duck all on the stream;
  
  and he became a water dog
  
  and fetched her back again
  
  Hulloa etc
  
                                     3.
  
  Then she became a hare,
  
  a hare upon the plain;
  
  and he became the a greyhound dog
  
  and fetched her back again
  
  Hulloa etc
  
                                  4.
  
  Then she became a fly,
  
  a fly all in the air;
  
  and he became a spider
  
  and fetched her to his lair
  
  Hulloa etc
  
  From Mr Sparks, blacksmith
  
  aug 8th 1904
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                The two magicians

                             or

      The Coal Black Smith

Oh she looked out of the window

as white as any milk

But he looked into the window

as black as any silk

Hulloa, Halloa, Hulloa, [Hulloa]

you coal black smith!

You have done me no harm

You you never shall have change my maiden name

That I have kept so long;

I'd rather die a maid

"Yes!"- but then she said -

"and be buried all in my grave

Than I'd have such a [nasty]

[Husky, dusky, musty, fusky,]

Coal black smith

     a maiden   of   will

my maiden name shall   die

                                      2

Then she became a duck,

a duck all on the stream;

and he became a water dog

and fetched her back again

Hulloa etc

                                   3.

Then she became a hare,

a hare upon the plain;

and he became the a greyhound dog

and fetched her back again

Hulloa etc

                                4.

Then she became a fly,

a fly all in the air;

and he became a spider

and fetched her to his lair

Hulloa etc

From Mr Sparks, blacksmith

aug 8th 1904

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Roud Folksong Index (S164063)

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Roud Folksong Index (S164064)

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Roud Folksong Index (S164061)

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Roud Folksong Index (S193359)

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Roud Folksong Index (S164065)

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Roud Folksong Index (S193358)

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