WINIFREDA

Subjoined is a brief notice of the various printed forms in which the old song called "Winifreda" has, from time to time, been brought before the public. I am indebted for these particulars to a kind friend in the British Museum, but we have hitherto failed in discovering the author. 1. The song first occurs as a translation from the ancient British language in D. Lewis's *Collection of Miscellaneous Poems*, 8vo. 1726, vol. i., p. 53., pointed out by your correspondent, Mr. Hickson. (Vol. ii., p. 519.) 2ndly. In Watts' *Musical Miscellany*, vol. vi., p. 198. Lond. 1731; it is with the tune, "E…