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These are arranged in APPROXIMATE/BEST GUESS date order based on information avaialbe when the tune was added to the page. If you have a correction, please let me know. Also, be advised that for the early ballads, the century may not be the date the tune AND words were known. The date I have used is for the original ballad or air to which the song can be linked. The tunes and words here are modern variants of the originals.
Broadsides and folksongs of the 17th Century
Please note these words and tunes are not authentic to the time period. These are later variants of the broadsides.
