Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - Additions and Corrections

305. The Outlaw Murray

P. 186 a. Mr. Macmath writes (Dec. 24, 1895) that he has examined two boxes of Manuscripts belonging to the late Mr. George Wilson and found not 'The Song of the Outlaw Murray,' but 'The Song of the Rid Square,' in a transcript perhaps early rather than late) of the 17th century. He thinks that by a slip of memory on Mr. Wilson's part 'The Outlaw Murray' was mentioned instead of this.

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