HAM/05/37/02	Letter from H.E.D Hammond to Lucy Broadwood (23 Feb 1906) re: songs collected from Mrs. Webb in Bath, and plans to publish book with Cecil Sharp	HAM-05-346.gif HAM-05-347.gif HAM-05-348.gif
On a paper printed with 
13 Charlotte Square, 
Edinburgh
above which is written
Address till March 3
c/o F.M. Cindlor [indistinct]
also, at an agle in the top left corner is printed
Telephone No: 2123
above which is written
Worcester
[undecipherable word]
and then:
Feb 23. 1906
Dear Miss Broadwood,
I send you herewith 14 songs which I took down from a Mrs Webb in whose lodgings I lately stayed in Bath. She had ill memory for words but her lines seem to me to be of a very fair [undecipherable ...age].
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She used to sing "185" songs, of which I have heard about 21 and noted 14. She is of course under observation and instructions to call to mind the remaining 164 tunes.
All her tunes were learned from old Worcestershire singers, and if Worcester
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shire has not ben already attacked by the Folk Song Society I think I may try it later on.
At present I need confine myself to Dorset as it is probable that Mr Cecil Sharpp and I will publish jointly a volume of Dorsetshire songs - at a loss I am afraid; but he thinks they are worth putting before the public, and so do I. I regretthat I have had to keep your copies of the Dorset songs so long. I have had influenza follwed by rheumatic sinevitis, which made me terribly weak.
I think 'Lord Malborough' (No 1 of Mrs Webb's songs) will interest you; it seems to be a Dorian version in 5/4 time of a Mixolydian tune in one of your collections. But perhaps you know Mrs Webb's version already.
Yours sincerely
HED Hammond