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"Unusually, it is possible to give a precise date and authorship to this ballad. It was written by the prolific balladeer, Laurence Price, and published in July 1656, under the title of The famous Flower of Serving-Men. Or, The Lady turn'd Serving-Man. It lasted in the mouths of ordinary people for three hundred years: what a tribute to the work of any writer, leave alone the obscure Laurence Price. Oral tradition, however, has made changes. The original has twenty-eight verses and a fairy-tale ending: “And then for fear of further strife, / he took Sweet William to be his Wife: / The like before was never seen, / A Serving-man to be a Queen”. – Roy Palmer, A Book of British Ballads
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References
- ↑ "Lizie Wan / Lucy Wan / Fair Lizzie (Roud 234; Child 51)". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ↑ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 167, Dover Publications, New York 1965
- ↑ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 185, Dover Publications, New York 1965
- ↑ XxXscarletsatineXxX, Kate Bush - The Kick Inside, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2019-01-12
- ↑ Eclipse Review: M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates - Murder Ballads (1994−1998) , retrieved 2021-10-13
