Woodpecker, The (I Knew by the Smoke)

DESCRIPTION: "I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms that a cottage was near," even though the only sound was a woodpecker's tap. He praises the place, and the girl he hopes will be there
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1813 (various Bodleian broadsides)
KEYWORDS: home nonballad bird
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, pp. 167-168, "The Woodpecker" (1 text)
Roud #12680
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.25(212), "The Woodpecker," J. Evans (London), 1780-1812; also Firth b.34(320)=Firth c.18(68), (Evans); also Johnson Ballads fol. 11, "The Woodpecker," J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Johnson Ballads fol. 18 (Catnach); also Harding B 11(4318) (Catnach); also Firth b.25(75), "The Woodpecker," J. Cadman (Manchester), 1850-1855; also Harding B 11(4319), "The Wood Pecker," W. S. Fortey (London), 1858-1885; also Harding B 13(204), "The Woodpecker," E. M. A. Hodges (London), 1855-1861; also Harding B 11(1437), "The Woodpecker," J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 11(2832)=Firth b.26(467/468), "The Woodpecker," J. Wilson (Bodeford), n.d.; also Firth b.26(477) (Wilson); also Firth b.26(467/468) (WIlson, but illegible); also Harding B 11(3555), "The Wood Pecker," H. Disley (London), 1860-1883; also Harding B 11(3669)=Johnson Ballads 1669=Johnson d.1773(p. 127v), "The woodpecker," Walker (Durham), 1797-1834; also Harding B 11(4317)=Johnson Ballads 2028, "The Woodpecker," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Firth b.26(299)=Harding B 11(3572), "The Woodpecker," H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Firth c.14(373), "The Woodpecker," B. W. Dickinson (York), 1823-1834; also Harding B 25(1864), "The Woodpecker," T. Hoggett (Durham), 1816-1843; also Harding B 25(2105), "The Woodpecker," J. K. Pollock (North Shields), 1815-1855; also Johnson Ballads 2608, "The Woodpecker," unknow, n.d.; also 2806 c.17(477), "Woodpecker," Swindells (Manchester), 1796-1853
File: HMHS167D

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