[P. 393 a, III, 506 b, IV, 459 b. With the Italian ballad cf. 'Quarante ans j'ai travaillé,' Georgeakis et Pineau, Folk-lore de Lesbos, p. 246.]
393 f., 506. Jäger-Romanze in Böhme, Altdeutsches Liederbuch, No 437, from Melchior Franck, Fasciculus Quodlibeticus, Nürnberg, 1611, No 6: slightly different, no disposition to kill the maid. Three copies of this all but inevitable ballad in Blätter für Pommersche Volkskunde, II. Jahrgang, p. 77 f., 'Jägerslied;' and more might be added.
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