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Title
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Banks of green willow
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Singer
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Grubb, George
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred Williams: Ms / WGS 'A very old song, possibly of Scotch origin. Obtained of George Grubb, the old shepherd of Ewen, near Cirencester, and formerly of South Marston, Wiltshire.'
Note 2
In Verse 1 Line 4 the original text read:
For to make her his bride o.
In Verse 4 and 5 the original text was women's help on each occasion the term is used.
In Verse 8 Lines 3 and 4 the original text read:
She will sink and she will swim, my boys,
To the banks of green willows.'
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
