Notes

Title
Gossip Joan
Singer
Hope, Charles Frederick
Notes
Note 1

Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'A quaint old song, that depended upon its highest success, on the ability of the singer to observe the proper quantities and modulations. I obtained the copy of Charles Hope, Filkins, near Lechlade.'

Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'A quaint old song, that depended upon its highest success, on the ability of the singer to observe the proper quantities and modulations. Obtained of Charles Hope, Filkins, near Lechlade.'

Note 2

Verse 4 and 6 of the manuscript are crossed out in blue crayon. In WGS all the verses are included. In FSUT Verse 4 is omitted.

Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.