Marrow Bones


Printed:	1965	Author:	Frank Purslow
Publisher:	E.F.D.S. Publications	ISBN:
Suppliers:

English Folk Songs From The Hammond And Gardiner Mss
Paperback 120 pages. Words and Music Scores to 99 songs

Personal remarks:
Whilst a very interesting addition (October, 2013)to my library with regard to words and music, this songbook is severely handicapped as it can only be read, due to the minuteness of its font size, under bright lighting with a powerful magnifying glass. With its microdot format, I cannot imagine it was a best seller.
This songbook is my source for:

It also has interesting versions of:

Bog Down in the Valley Oh under the title of The Everlasting Circle
The Cruel Mother
The Devil and the farmer's wife
Gossip Joan
Maid in a Garret under the title of Don't Let Me Die an Old Maid
Oh, no, John! under the title of No, Sir, No
Never Wed an Old Man under the title of An Old Man Came Courting Me
Pleasant and Delightful under the title of The Soldier and His True Love
The Holy Ground under the title of Swansea Town