Bronson lists "The Lady and the Dragoon" often titled "The Bold Soldier" in many US indexes (Traditional Ballad Index and Keefer's online Folk Song Index) as Child No. 7, Appendix. Bronson says the earliest texts are Restoration broadsides titled "The Master-piece of Love Songs" and a metric reworking of this titled, "The Seamans Renown in winning his fair lady."
According to Cazden the broadsides date back to 1673.
Bronson divides the versions into four melodic groups A-D.