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Guitar: Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low (Including lyrics and chords)

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Channel: threelegsoman · 2010 · Education

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Songs of the Sea has introduced me to yet another song. This one tells the sad story of a young man who went to sea to gain his fortune for the girl he loved, but on returning home after seven years was murdered for his fortune by her parents!
The site has the following information regarding this song:

This ballad was printed in England on numerousbroadsides in the 1800s. Printers included J. Catnach who printed between 1813 and 1838. Copies of many of these can be found at theBodleian Library. This version was collected by George Gardiner in Hampshire and published in 1909.
The name of the hero is variously Edwin, Edmund or Edward, and Emma is also known as Emily.
The ballad was also well-known in Ireland and America. It was collected in Missouri, Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee, Vermont, Michigan, North Carolan, Georgia, New York and Kentucky. It was also found in Nova Scotia.

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