Captain Wedderburn's- O'Mar (NB) 1929 Barry B1
[From British Ballads from Maine, 1929; Barry, Eckstorm, Smyth, Version B1. Barry's notes follow.
R. Matteson 2014]
New Brunswick traces. Mrs. Marston's (Version A) is the only copy of " Captain Wedderburn" found in Maine, but just across the border several traces of it were found.
B1. [Captain Wedderburn's] Mr. George H. O'Mar, oak Hill, near st. stephen, New Brunswick, gave these lines:
What is rounder than a ring?
What is higher than a tree?
The world is rounder than a ring,
The sky is higher than a tree,
The Devil is worse than a woman's tongue,
Hell is deeper than the sea.