P. 371 f. B a, b are signed T.R., the initials of a purveyor or editor of ballads for the popular press. B a of 'Robin Hood and the Butcher,' No 122, and a of 'Robin Hood and the Beggar,' I, No 133, bear the same signature: see pp. 116, 156 of this volume. No such rhymster as T.R. shows himself to be in these two last pieces could have made 'Johnie Armstrong,' one of the best ballads in English.
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