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Title
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Clowdy banks
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Singer
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Messenger, Charles
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'An old ballad, which I have met with but once in the Vale, i.e. in the neighbourhood of Latton. Obtained of Charles Messenger, Cerney Wick.'
Note 2
In the note to Isle of Beauty, fare thee well, Charles Messenger is described as from Latton. There is less than a mile between the two communities and so Charles Messenger could easily have lived in both at various times.
Note 3
In Verse 2 line the WGS text is:
I knew she didn't know me, for I was in disguise;
In Verse 3 Line 1 the WGS text is:
'I am bound for the Clowdy Banks, if you will please to show,
Also in Verse 3 Lines 1 and 4 and Verse 6 Line 4 the original spelling of Clowdy is Cloudy.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
