Though the words are not similar to the earlier ballad, the tune is distinctly similar to this one. The Tyrant hath stolen . One version refers to the rough wooing of a maiden by Edward IV of England, so it is possible he is the rival referred to in other versions. This song was collected by Lucy Broadwood in Surrey in 1898. For I never will, at no time, prove false to my love.
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