Judy Cook, Folksinger

Sweet William's Ghost

Author: trad (Newfoundland) [Child 77]

Source: Suzannne Mrozak who uses tune Karpeles collected from William Long, Clarenville, Newfoundland 1929. She used words from various Newfoundland singers. Maude Karpeles, "Folk Songs from Newfoundland,"  Archon Books, 1970. Bertram Bronson, "The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads," Princeton University Press, 1959

Notes: Tune from Bronson: Mrs. Anna Ward From Stock Cove, Buena Vista Bay, Newfoundland ,1929 Words from Sara Grey and "Songs from Canadian Outposts", Peacock