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( Note )

Note.—The most of the foregoing pieces are printed
in

"MERRY SONGS AND BALLADS

prior to the year a.d. 1800,

edited by

John S. Farmer.

Privately Printed for Subscribers only.

MDCCCXCVII."



The notes which accompany the text in that work
give no clue whereby their authenticity may be
ascertained.