All it really mentions in Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads is that it was originated from Twa Corbies and was given to him by Miss Erksine of Alva and she wrote it down from the recitation of an old woman at Alva.... that was according to a letter from CK Sharpe, where much of the songs of child's originate from (so has been told)
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