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Subject term Bravery

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  • Roud No
    29060 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    St John's (Newfoundland) / Petty Harbour Maddox Cove (Newfoundland) / Ferryland (Newfoundland) / Fishermen / Sea captains / Grandmothers / Cod / Fir trees / Arches / Marching bands / Seal hunting / Whaling / Clothes / Muskets / Boats / Ships / Hearths (domestic) / Bread / Celebrations / Shooting / Bravery / Nostalgia
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A reminiscence of life in Newfoundland in past times: the clothes worn by fishers and sealers, the bravery of the old-time sealing captains and their crews, and the sealing muskets and powder horns. Gone are the Petty Harbour whaleboats and the Ferryland boats, and their skippers. Gone is the ship, Ellen, and its captain, Stephen Kane, carrying a load of codfish. Gone is the open fireplace, where grandmother used to bake bread. Gone are the celebrations in St John's, Newfoundland, when arches were made of fir branches, Bennett's Band played for society marches, and guns were shot off in celebration. [MET]
    Source
    Leach, M., ed. (2004). MacEdward Leach and the songs of Atlantic Canada. [online]. St John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland. NFLD 2 Tape 21A Track 6
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 / Female (Elderly) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Bib. ref(s)
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    MET
    Example text
    URL
    https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD2/21A-06_51.htm
  • Roud No
    83 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Child 188
    Subject terms
    Dumfries / River Annan / Fords / Prisons / Roads / Lairds / Brothers / Prisoners / Blacksmiths / Leg irons / Doors / Imprisonment / Freedom / Hanging (execution) / Insults / Horse riding / Skill / Despondency / Bravery / Strength / Rescuing / Escaping
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator hears two brothers, Jock and Dicky Hall, lamenting that their brother Archie is imprisoned in Dumfries and condemned to hang in the morning. They take 10 bold men, including their cousin and ride swiftly . They stop to get the horses shod and take the back road to Dumfries. Dicky kicks down the prison door and carries Archie, bound in 15 stone of iron chains, away on his back. They ride away but see the Lieutenant and 100 men pursuing them. The Brothers and their men make haste to the ford at Annan Holme. The river is in flood. Jock hesitates but with courage and skilful horsemanship they cross safely. the Lieutenant is not so brave. They trade insults across the river and the brothers escape. [EKM]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. III pp. 487- 489. (Version A).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 6 / < Male (Adult) x 108>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Indexer
    EKM
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    URL
  • Roud No
    148 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Laws M25
    Subject terms
    Dundee / Summer / Morning / <Gardens> / Mary / Farmers' daughters / Heroines / Uncles / Squires / Ploughmen / William / Sweethearts / <Doctors> / <Lawyers> / <Fathers> / <Mothers> / Beauty / Gold coins / Inheritance / Wealth / Love / Violence / Arranged marriages / Attempted rape / Press gangs / <Pistols> / <Swords> / <Blood> / Killing / Shooting / Meetings / Fighting / Bravery / Class difference (romantic couples)
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Because Mary loves the plowboy rather than the squire whom he wants her to marry, her uncle has a press-gang come for the boy. A bitter fight ensues in which Willie is wounded. When the squire attempts to make violent love to Mary, she grabs his weapons and shoots him dead. Her uncle threatens to kill her, and she shoots him, too. Before he dies he leaves his gold to Mary, `who fought so manfully'. Mary sends for Willie and the lovers are united [Laws 1957, p.192].
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 142-143.
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 3 / <Male (Adult) x 2>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A song which has enjoyed great popularity in 19th century broadsides, oral versions from England, and in the postwar revival. It made a first appearance in a broadside by eminent London printer John Pitts sometime between 1819 and 1844, which was repeated by most of the well-known English printers, as well as several Irish, Scottish, and American ones. It was not found in 19th century English and Scottish collections, so perhaps its 20th century popularity has been due to its prominent broadside presence. See Roud and Bishop (2012, pp. 425-427). [PRW]
    Notes

    In indexed copy it is not clear what William’s fate is - but Mary does inherit and live happily. [NSB]

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Named singer
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    NSB
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    URL
  • Roud No
    5825 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 / Scots / French people / Soldiers / Scotland / Blue / Bonnets / Kilts / Pipes (musical instruments) / Graves / Enemies / Whisky / <Dragoons> / <Wounds> / <Bugles> / <Clothes> / <Spears> / <Blood> / Fighting / <Alcoholic drinking> / <Toasting (with drink)> / Bravery / Pride / Nationalism / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / Boasting
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    A highly chauvinistic and detailed account of the battle from a Scottish viewpoint. [PRW]
    Source
    Battle of Waterloo ; The bonnet so blue ; and love has eyes. (ca. 1816-1820). [chapbook] Stirling: J. Fraser. Held at: Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland..L.C.2877(3) pp. 2-6
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Occurs only twice, in Scotland, one in broadside form, printed between 1816 and 1820, and the other collected in 1906 as only one verse in Aberdeenshire. See Shuldham Shaw and Lyle (1981-2002, Vol 1 p. 536). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Shuldham-Shaw, P. and Lyle, E. B. eds. (1981-2002). The Greig-Duncan folk song collection. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press / Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://digital.nls.uk/104186903
  • Roud No
    1923 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Laws J4
    Subject terms
    British Isles / France / French people / Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 / Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 / Ponsonby, William, Major General Sir, 1772-1815 / Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854 / Somerset, Lord Robert Edward Henry, 1776-1842 / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / Nationalism / Patriotism / Fighting / Cannons / Broadswords / Army (British) / Soldiers / Army officers / Death in battle / <Toasting (with drink)> / <Bravery> / <Storms> / <Thunder> / <Rain> / <Lightning> / Dragoons / Trumpeters / Cavalry
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 / 18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    A lengthy description of the battle written by a participant. Although only a bugler, he mentions several British commanders, and it is highly patriotic in nature. [PRW]
    Source
    Wheeler, Samuel (1815-1819). The Battle of Waterloo. [broadside]. London: Pitts, J. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 4(69)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Song history
    One of at least three songs written by a soldier who fought at Waterloo, trumpeter Samuel Wheeler of the King’s Regiment of Dragoons. The text naturally emphasizes the role of the dragoons, but only survives as a single Pitts broadside, printed before 1820. See Wood (2015, p. 55). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Wheeler, Samuel
    Date composed
    1815-1819
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society. / Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/23451
  • Roud No
    6348 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Lighthouse keepers / Wives / <Husbands> / <Sons> / <Sea captains> / Lighthouses / Seal hunting / Ice floes / Accidental death / Grief / Prayer / Bravery / Praise of local women / Duty (virtue)
    Subject date
    1880-04 / April 1880 (GEST, no date).
    Synopsis
    A lighthouse keeper, his son and a helper leave his wife to hunt seals on the sea ice. The wind shifts and drives the ice away from shore. The men pray for rescue, but are never seen again. The wife keeps the lighthouse beacon burning for four months, until a steamship approaches the lighthouse. The wife tells the captain what occurred, and he asks what she did after the loss. She replies that she kept the light burning. The narrator praises the woman as an example that all should follow in keeping to their duty to God, and keeping “our lights aglow” until we reach Heaven. [MET]
    Source
    Greenleaf, E. B. and Mansfield, G. Y., eds. (1933). Ballads and sea songs of Newfoundland. Reprint 1968. Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates. pp. 292-293.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 4 / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    GEST (no date). 'The Bird Rocks'. GEST songs of Newfoundland and Labrador. [online]. Available at: http://gestsongs.com/15/birdrocks.htm [Accessed 29 November 2018]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://gestsongs.com/15/birdrocks.htm
  • Roud No
    984 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Laws K30
    Subject terms
    Bristol / Sailing ships / <Quays> / Sea captains / Sailors / Pirates / Guns / Pikes (weapons) / Cutlasses / Gold coins / Broadsides (sea battles) / Pulling / Sailing / Fighting / Triumph / Bravery / Sea battles / Piracy / Death in battle / Battle wounds
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The British sailors fight valiantly and slaughter the pirates who have intercepted and boarded their ship. When the pirate ship tries to escape, a broadside halts it. The commander of the pirates, who loses both legs in the action, commends the sailors and tells them that his ship contains five hundred chests of gold. The British ships tow its prize back to Bristol, and the newly rich crew retire to a life of ease on shore [Laws 1957, p.156].
    Source
    The Bold pirate (ca.1800-50). [broadside]. Pittenweem: J. Scott. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Firth c12(64)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 800
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society.
    Indexer
    AG
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/11399
  • Roud No
    796 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Hills / Huntsmen / Foxes / <Elderly women> / <Shepherds> / <Carters> / <Millers> / <Ploughmen> / <Parsons> / Bravery / <Geese> / <Ducks> / <Ewes> / <Lambs> / <Hens> / <Mills> / <Curly hair> / Hunting / Swearing (oaths etc.) / Running / <Dressing (with clothes)> / Tying up / Horse riding / <Blind people>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Three huntsmen are pursuing a fox anthropomorphised as bold Reynolds. They encounter five people who swear they have seen bold Reynolds running among animals or climbing a high tree. The first one is a old woman who is curling her hair, she swears has seen bold Reynolds running among geese and ducks [other versions mentions hens and roosters]. The second one is a shepherd who claims to have seen bold Reynolds running among ewes and lambs. The third one is a blind man who has seen bold Reynolds climbing a high tree. The fourth one is a carter who mentions to have seen bold Reynolds running across the fresh plough land. The fifth one is a miller who is working at his mill, he claims to have seen bold Reynolds running over a high hill. The sixth and final one is a clergyman who has seen bold Reynolds tied up to one huntsman's back. [GHHB]
    Source
    Williams, A. (1923). Folk songs of the upper Thames. London: Duckworth pp. 67-68.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3 / < Male (Adult) x 5 > / < Female (Adult) x 1 >
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    GHHB
    Example text
    URL
    https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S163292
  • Roud No
    190 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Oxfordshire / Oxford / Parishes / Foxes / Fox hounds / <Lambs> / Fox hunting / <Joy> / Huntsmen / <Towns> / <Dens> / <Delight> / <Boasting> / <Scents> / <Poultry> / <Foxes' brushes> / <Catching prey> / <Excitement> / Killing animals / Pursuing / Catching / Bravery
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator tells of a fox-hunt in Oxford, where the fox hears the hounds and runs for the hills. He leads them on a five-hour chase through sixteen parishes before ending up on Oxford Green where he is caught and killed - no more to take any chickens or lambs. [RAS]
    Source
    Bold Reynolds [sleeve notes]. In Townshend, G. 2000. George Townshend: Come Hand to Me the Glass [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD304-5, Pp.8-9.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x several
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    961 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws A1
    Subject terms
    Battle of Quebec (1759) / Plains of Abraham / Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 / Sweethearts / Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 / Aides-de-camp / Diamond rings / <Cannons> / Death in battle / <Drums> / <Blood> / Military colours & standards / Bravery / Remembering / Grief / Parted lovers / Victories / Joy / Heroes
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Disappointed in love, Wolfe gives the young woman a ring as a token of remembrance and leaves her. He lands eventually at Quebec and prepares to meet the French in battle. after a talk with Montcalm, the general retires to his lines. Wolfe is mortally wounded, but when he learns that a British victory is assured, he says `I die with pleasure' [Laws 1964, p.119]
    Source
    Death of brave Wolfe (1820). [broadside]. Providence: [s.n.]. Held at: Providence: Brown University Library. Harris Broadsides HB27451 RI.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3 / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Song history
    19th century songsters and broadsides were entirely in the United States. All oral versions were obtained from North America. Despite the absence of the British versions, the song was quite popular in the post-war revival. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Named singer
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1964). Native American balladry. Revised edition. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society.
    Indexer
    DRC
    Example text
    URL
    https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:269810/
  • Roud No
    V44807 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Titanic (ship) / Ships' passengers / Priests / Shipwrecks / <Emigration> / Prayer / Bravery
    Subject date
    1912-04-15 / 15 April 1912 (Anon., 2018)
    Synopsis
    The passengers aboard the Titanic entertain themselves midst the luxury of the liner, little thinking that their end is near. After the crash, there is confusion on deck, but in the hold among the emigrants, two priests offer prayers of consolation. The narrator praises the priests who die like heroes. [MET]
    Source
    Burke, J., ed. (1912?). Burke's ballads. St. John's, Newfoundland: John Burke. pp. 13-14.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 2
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Burke, Johnny (?)
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    John Burke
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Anon., 2018. RMS Titanic. Wikipedia [online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS Titanic [Accessed 28 December 2018]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/6...
  • Roud No
    1470 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Shepherds / Sheep / Drinking / Storms / Bravery / Pride / <Pubs>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A shepherd sings of the skill and courage needed to care for flocks of sheep in cold and stormy conditions. He celebrates the convivial company they keep in an alehouse, and considers shepherds as the best of English men. [SLG]
    Source
    Palmer, R. ed. (1979). Everyman’s book of English country songs. London: J.M. Dent. pp. 28-29
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x Unspecified
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    SLG
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  • Roud No
    2184 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Battle of Waterloo (1815) / British Isles / France / Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 / <Heart> / Patriotism / Pride / Unhappiness / Death in battle / Graves / <Blood> / <Flowers> / <Blood> / Bravery / <Olive trees> / Honour / Toasting (with drink)
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    A highly poetic account of the battle, low on facts. [PRW]
    Source
    Ord, J. ed. (1930). Bothy songs and ballads. Reprinted 1990. Edinburgh: John Donald. p. 303.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A song by a survivor of the battle, Lieutenant Skinner of the 92nd Regiment, later the Gordon Highlanders. Composed in 1817 and set to the tune of 'Scots wae hae wi Wallace bled', its florid poetry is an interesting contrast to the song about the battle composed by Sergeant Grant (Roud 1106). The song was included in Ord’s collection of 1930 (Ord 1930, p.303), but has not been found elsewhere. [PRW]
    Notes

    Another song by a 92nd Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) survivor of the battle, Lieutenant Skinner. An interesting contrast to the song composed by Sergeant Grant (Roud 1106).

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    Author / Composer
    Skinner, Lieutenant (Wood, 2015)
    Date composed
    1817 (Wood, 2015)
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Ord, J. ed. (1930). Bothy songs and ballads. Reprinted 1990. Edinburgh: John Donald. / Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    2419 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 / Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) / Narratives / Heroes / France / <Corsica> / <Eagles> / <Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805> / <Copenhagen> / <Moscow> / <Violence> / <Germans> / <Prussians> / <Egyptian and Syrian Campaign (1798-1801)> / <Armed forces> / <St Helena (Island)> / <Patriotism> / <Trumpets> / <Bravery> / Defeat / Victories / <Sea battles> / Hardy, Thomas Masterman, Sir, 1769-1839 / Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron, 1750-1810
    Subject date
    Retreat from Moscow, 1812 / Battle of Waterloo 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    An unusually full description of the Napoleonic Wars, including Napoleon’s naval defeats and finishing with a request to bring his remains back to France, in 1841. which dates it to between 1821 and 1841. [PRW]
    Source
    Deeds of Napoleon. (ca. 1821-1838) [broadside]. London: J. Catnach. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 11(851))
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x1 / <Male (Adult) x 3>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    One of the rarest of the so-called Napoleonic ballads, only three versions having been found in oral tradition, all in the early 1900s. Two of the singers had only one verse, the third only the tune, but a very fine one, noted by Vaughan Williams in Norfolk in 1905. Broadsides, mostly English but with some Irish, have provided the full text. In recent times, the song has been revived by Martin Carthy using the Norfolk tune. See Wood (2015, pp. 113-115). [PRW]
    Notes

    Comparative songs
    The Grand Conversation on Napoleon Arose (Roud 1189) / The Dream of Napoleon (Roud 1538)
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    1821/1841.
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/4147
  • Roud No
    690 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Liverpool / Ships / Naval officers / Sailors / Britons / French people / Sea battles / Guns / Defeat / Bravery / Pirates
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    An English ship meets a ship with French colours. The English engage them in battle, despite having a smaller crew, and defeat and capture the French ship. [LMS]
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 12-13
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 + / <Female (Adult) x 1 +>
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    There are a few 19th century broadsides, all English, and rather more oral copies during the Edwardian period of English collecting. See Roud and Bishop (2012, p.379); Palmer (1983, pp. 110-111). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics / Palmer, R. (1983) Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams. London: J M Dent & Sons
    Indexer
    NSB
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    1804 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws J1
    Subject terms
    Mothers / Sons / Loss (emotion) / Grief / Saying goodbye / Drums / Drummer boys / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / Guns / Death in battle / Bravery / Crying / Eyes / Blue / Graves / Moonlight
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    His mother grieves to see her son leave for Waterloo, but he is confident he will return. He is fatally wounded, however, and dies after sending his mother a message. His grave is dug at Waterloo by moonlight [Laws 1957, p.129]. A tearful poetic three-verse song about a drummer boy who dies in the battle. [PRW]
    Source
    Eddy, M. O. Ballads & Songs from Ohio 1964. Hatboro Penn.: Folklore Associates.pp.163 (version A)
    Characters
    Male (Adolescent) x 1 / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Most British versions are broadsides, with most oral versions from North America. However, it first appeared in an American songster in the mid-19th century. See Wood (2015, p. 78). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    23 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 7
    Subject terms
    <Palaces> / Rural setting / England / <Scotland> / <Winchester> / <Churches> / Kings / Princesses / Mothers / Fathers / Soldiers / Noblemen / Daughters / Brothers / <Elderly men> / Blood / Wounds / <Armour> / Roses / Briars / Graves / Elopement / Denunciation / <Meetings> / Pursuing / Fighting / Killing / <Horse riding> / Anger / Bravery / Love / <Mercy> / Quests / Running away / Death
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    This song concerns the elopement and pursuit of two lovers, and their subsequent fates. It has two distinct branches that can be broadly grouped into "Earl Brand" and "The Douglas Tragedy"; indeed, it is arguable that these are two distinct songs conflated by Child. In the first branch, the Scot Earl Brand courts a young English princess, and they elope. While riding through the country they meet Carl Hood. The princess tells her lover to kill Hood, but he refuses. Realising that Earl Brand has abducted the princess, Hood goes to tell the king, who orders his men to fetch his daughter back. In the ensuing fight Earl Brand is mortally wounded, but manages to flee with his lover to his mother's home in Scotland, so that after his death the princess can marry his youngest brother. In the second branch, Lord William elopes with Lady Margaret, Lord Douglas's daughter. Lord Douglas orders her seven brothers to follow him to hunt the pair down. William kills all the brothers and wounds the father, who is spared through Margaret's intercession. William is mortally wounded but reaches his mother´s home only to die. Margaret dies soon after and they are buried side by side. A rose grows from one grave, a briar from the other; as they grow they intertwine. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. I pp. 99-100 (Versions A and B)
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1 / Female (Elderly) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 17
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A moderately popular Child ballad almost entirely confined to Scotland and North America. Its first printing was in Herd’s collection of 1776 entitled ‘The Child of Elle’ in which there is no mention of Lord Douglas or Earl Brand, one of whom was the subject of most subsequent versions. ‘The Douglas Tragedy’ was how Scott and other early Scottish collections presented it. ‘Earl Brand’ was the version given us by Robert Bell in the 1850s, a version collected from Northumberland which was subsequently taken up Child and Bronson. Oral versions collected in Scotland after Child’s time have had the “Douglas” title, whereas in America the “Brand” title has prevailed. Child (1882-95, Vol I pp. 88-105)  gives six versions, Bronson (1959-72, Vol I pp. 106-137) considered 24 tunes. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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    URL
  • Roud No
    1566 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Trumpets / <Brussels> / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / Britons / Prussians / Battle wounds / Cannons / Heroes / Fidelity / Bravery / Beauty / Young women / Fields / <Lilies> / <Violets> / <Blue> / <Fields> / <Blushing> / Marriage proposals / Elwina
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    During the battle, a wounded soldier fantasizes about a “female most charming”. The lady falls in love with him, leading him from the battlefield, we presume to live happily ever after. [PRW]
    Source
    Our ship she lays in harbour [and] Elwina of Waterloo (ca. 1863-1885). [broadside]. London: Such. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. 2806 c.16(309)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Although appearing in several broadsides in the years immediately following the battle, it is rare in oral tradition, the first being collected by Vaughan Williams in Salisbury in 1906. See Wood (2015, pp. 72-73). [PRW]
    Notes

    To the tune of “Jessy the flower of Dunblane”

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/2837
  • Roud No
    24 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 8
    Subject terms
    Bowers (apartments) / Rural setting / Woodlands / Lords / Fathers / Knights / Outlaws / Daughters / <Sisters> / Brothers / <Elderly men> / <Tanners> / Robin Hood / <Briars> / <Silk> / <Jewellery> / Elopement / Challenging / Pursuing / Fighting / Killing / Death / <Horse riding> / Kissing / Bravery / Love / Quests / Running away
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Erlinton is keeping his daughter locked up to prevent her meeting her lover Willie. He comes knocking at her door at night asking to be let in. She thinks it safer for them to meet in the forest the next morning, when she is allowed out with her sisters. The plan succeeds, but as she and Willie ride off through the forest they come upon fifteen knights (in other versions they are outlaws or her brothers) whose leader advises Willie to leave her with them if he values his life. Willie does not yield to this threat but instead fights his opponents and kills all but their leader who is left to carry the news home. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. I pp. 106-111
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 7 (varies with version) / Male (Adult) x 17 (varies with version)
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    This very rare Child ballad was first seen in print in Scott’s Minstrelsy in 1802, when he declared it to be either the original or a corrupt version of ‘The Douglas Tragedy’ (Roud 23, Child 7). Child (1882-95, Vol I pp. 106-111) only separated the two "with much hesitation". This is no doubt the reason for this ballad’s scarcity after initially appearing in some of the early 19th century collections. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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    URL
  • Roud No
    V44781 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Ferryland (Newfoundland) / Sea storms / Lighthouse keepers / Young men / Sailors / Danes (people) / Shipwrecks / Accidental death / Cliffs / Rescuing / Burials / Bravery / Praise of local men
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A Danish ship founders on the rocks outside of Ferryland, Newfoundland, harbour. A lighthouse keeper alerts the town, and four young men risk their lives lowering themselves on ropes down the sea cliffs to retrieve the bodies of the Danish sailors. The sailors are buried in Ferryland, and the narrator praises the bravery of the four young men. [MET]
    Source
    Old home week songster (1904). [St. John's], Newfoundland: Herald Job Print. pp. 9-11.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 4
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Herald Job Print
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/5...
  • Roud No
    793 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws L14
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Prisons / Poachers / Gamekeepers / <Pheasants> / <Money> / <Guns> / Poverty / Freedom / Curses / Poaching / <Shooting> / Murder / Lamentation / Scorn / <Enemies> / <Beer> / <Conscience> / <Prison guards> / <Bravery>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Six young men on a poaching expedition are discovered by the keeper, who swears to shoot one of them and then gives `the bravest lad in all the lot' a mortal wound [Laws 1957, p.174]. [In indexed copy] The narrator tells of going poaching with five others through poverty, and how a keeper vows to kill one of them. The bravest youth among the lot is shot, rises again to continue the fight, and eventually dies. The narrator praises him and curses the keeper at length. They are imprisoned, but then released, though no reason for this is given. [RAS]
    Source
    The Poachers' Fate [sleeve notes]. In Various artists, 1998. To Catch a Fine Buck was My Delight [CD]. London: Topic. TSCD668. Pp.60-61.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 6
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Broadside versions were plentiful, though limited to England, starting with Catnach (1813-1838). Victorian and Edwardian collectors started with Baring Gould in the 1890s. See Roud and Bishop (2012, p.499). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society. / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    624 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    England / Plains of Abraham / Battle of Quebec (1759) / Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 / Britons / Soldiers / French people / <George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760> / <Mothers> / Army officers / Land battles / Mountains / <Valleys> / Guns / Wounds / <Breasts> / <Gold (metal)> / <Tears> / Fighting / <Returning> / Shooting / Honour / Bravery / <Despondency> / <Generosity> / <Falling> / <Following> / <Smoking> / <Wealth>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    General Wolfe calls on his men to follow him to the mountain, and not be downhearted because they are in the valley. The French, on the mountain, fall to the British guns, though Wolfe is wounded in the French broadside, but urges them to fight on while he has command. He tells them he is dying, to divide up his gold, and to tell his Mother to shed no tears for him, since they have won the day. In Bob Hart's final verse, Wolfe urges other comanders to be like him and be the soldiers' friend. [RAS]
    Source
    Copper Family (1995). The Copper Family song book. Peacehaven: Coppersongs. p. 11.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Equally popular in 19th century broadside and early 20th century oral versions, both categories being overwhelmingly English. One broadside by James Grundy of Worcester may well have announced the battle to the citizenry, as he was in business in the 18th century. See Roud and Bishop (2012, pp. 381-382). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Brave Wolfe (Roud 961, Laws A1)
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    18198 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Gloucester (Massachusetts) / Fishermen / Sea captains (fishing) / Trawlers / Rowing boats / Halibut / Fishing (commercial) / Snowstorms / Sea storms / <Anchors (boats & ships)> / Bravery
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Fishermen aboard the ship, Hilton, captained by Callahan, haul their traps in good weather. But the second time they set out to fish, the captain orders them into their dories to bait their lines for halibut. The fishermen see a snowstorm coming on, and worry about losing sight of the ship. When the snowstorm hits, their oar breaks and their buoy line also breaks. They finally rig a jig of halibut as an anchor, which saves their lives. Soldiers are brave, but Gloucester fishermen are the bravest. [MET]
    Source
    Leach, M., ed. (2004). MacEdward Leach and the songs of Atlantic Canada. [online]. St John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland. NFLD 1 Tape 1A Track 5
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

    This song is also entitled Callahan.

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD1/1A-6.htm
  • Roud No
    347 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws K21
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / Greenland / March (month) / Fishermen / Sea captains (fishing) / Bo'suns / Lion (ship) / Whaling / Whales / Sea storms / Death / Twelve / Five / <Cold> / <England> / <Telescopes> / <Anchors (boats & ships)> / <Masts (boats & ships)> / <Money> / <Grief> / Bravery / Pursuing / Debt / Death at sea
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    In need of money, the narrator and his comrades ship on board a whaler from Liverpool. A whale is sighted and harpooned, but it capsizes the boat, killing five of the crew. The captain is grieved at the loss of the whale and his men. Soon the ship departs home from barren Greenland [Laws 1957, p.150].
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 26-27
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 12
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    A popular song historically in both oral and broadside form, and in the postwar revival. It made its first appearance in many 19th century broadsides, the earliest possible date being the print of Armstrong of Liverpool who was in business between 1820 and 1824. Thereafter it was popular particularly with London printers, including Henry Such, who was in business at the end of the 19th century. The first oral version was collected, as is often the case, by Sabine Baring Gould in Devon in the 1880s. The early 20th century collectors found the song to be widespread in England. Subsequent English versions came mainly from the southern counties, except for a version by ex-sailor William Bolton of Southport in Lancashire. Other oral versions have come from Scotland and North America, with a couple from the Bahamas. Many collections of sea songs have included the song, including that of Captain Whall in the 1860s. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    NSB
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    URL
  • Roud No
    818 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Young women / Young men / Husbands / <Noblemen> / <Fathers> / <Daughters> / <Mothers> / Men / <Suitors> / <Aunts> / <Uncles> / <Babies> / <Cousins> / <Ladles> / Beauty / <Shillings (money)> / <Wealth> / <Wills> / Dowries / <Dishes> / <Spoons> / <Tables> / Cooking & serving utensils / <Plates> / <Milk> / <Bowls (containers)> / <Cups> / <Water taps> / <Chamber pots> / <Seven> / <Beds> / <Food> / <Cream> / <Apes> / <Hell> / Marriage / Loss of virginity / Sexual relations / <Bravery> / <Promiscuity> / <Kidnapping> / <Flirting> / Love / <Punishments> / Despair / Inability to find a partner / Sexual euphemisms / <Thomas> / <Robin> / <Ralph> / <Jarvis> / Spinsters / <Philanderers> / <Bachelors> / Domestic equipment / <Cradles> / <Cooking pots> / <Porridge> / <Wood (material)> / <Curds> / <Maiden names> / <Burning food> / <Desire> / Sexual frustration / <Devotion> / <Decay of beauty> / <Sluts>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A young women is desperate to get married, and enumerates all the possesions she would bring as a dowry.
    Source
    The maidens sad complaint for want of a husband (ca. 1674-1679). [broadside]. London: F. Cole, T. Vere, J. Wright and J. Clark. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Wood E 25(57)
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1 / <Female (Adult) x 1 +> / <Male (Adult) x 1 +>
    Song voice
    Female
    Song history
    Notes

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    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    CDS
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/988
  • Roud No
    6347 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Ireland / Sailors / Sea captains / Parents / Sea storms / Shipwrecks / Lifeboats (shipboard) / Bravery / Accidental death / Leaving home / Grief / Praise of local people / St Peter's (Newfoundland)
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    An Irish boy leaves home and grieving parents to go to sea. He sails on a ship that strikes a rock during a storm. Twenty-four sailors get into a lifeboat and row until they reach the Newfoundland coast, but there is no safe harbour, only steep cliffs, and only twelve of the crew reach the shore. The Irish sailor is one of them, and the ship's captain is another, whom the sailor praises for his bravery. They walk down a path until they reach St. Peter's, Newfoundland, where the townsfolk feed them and put them on a ship bound for Ireland. The sailor praises the Newfoundlanders. [MET]
    Source
    Leach, M., ed. (2004). MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada. [online]. St John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland. NFLD 1 Tape 15 Track 2
    Characters
    Male (Adolescent) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

    An earlier, shorter version is in Greenleaf and Mansfield (1933, pp. 258-259).

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Greenleaf, E. B. and Mansfield, G. Y., eds. (1933). Ballads and sea songs of Newfoundland. Reprint 1968. Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates.
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD1/15-02.htm
  • Roud No
    82 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 187
    Subject terms
    Castles / Woods / River Tyne / Prisons / Newcastle-upon-Tyne / Lords / Mothers / Outlaws / <Ploughmen> / Horses / <Straw> / Fords / Trees / Leg irons / Files (tools) / Doors / Walls / Breaking in / Horse riding / Rescuing / Bravery
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    John a Side has been arrested for murder and taken to Newcastle. When his mother hears of this, she runs to Lord Mangerton to beg help. Hobby Noble says that he will rescue John with the help of just five men. He is offered many more, but refuses. They set off disguised as corn merchants, cross the river in spite of an old man’s warning, cut down a tree and use it to scale the castle walls. They break in and rescue John, carrying him out and despite his shackles put him on a horse. Once in the woods they file off his shackles and return home, where Hobby Noble is acclaimed as a hero. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. III pp. 477-478 (Version A)
    Characters
    Adult (male) x 5 / Adult (female) x 1 / <Adult (male) x 4>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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  • Roud No
    2141 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    England / <Queens> / <Lords> / <Squires> / <Heroes> / <Blood> / <Castles> / Beer / <Bravery> / Respect / Pride / Barley / Patriotism / Alcoholic drinking / John Barleycorn / English people / Rejoicing / <Strong> / <Weak>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    John Barleycorn is hailed as a hero of long standing, who commands praise and respect from all kinds and classes. English beer far outshines wine and other foreign drinks. [RAS]
    Source
    John Barleycorn [sleeve notes]. In: Townshend, G. 2000. Come Hand to Me the Glass [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD304-5, Pp. 20-21. Track 1/28.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Written by the prolific songwriter J. B Geoghegan and published in 1860. It also apeared as a broadside in the later nineteenth century (Baxter, 2020). Popular in the postwar folk revival mostly in a version deriving from one collected from the singing of George Attrill of Fittleworth, Sussex. (Zierke, 2021). [MN]
    Notes

    This is not the widely-known song, Roud 164, which recounts the death, burial, rebirth, growth and subsequent ill-treatment of Sir John Barleycorn, before he emerges as ale or beer.

    Comparative songs
    John Barleycorn (Roud 164)
    Author / Composer
    Geoghegan, Joseph Bryan
    Date composed
    1860
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Wood, P. (2004). 'John Barleycorn: the evolution of a folk-song family'. Folk Music Journal Vol. 8 (4), pp. 438-455. / Wood, P. (2010). 'John Barleycorn revisited: evolution and folksong'. Musical Traditions Internet Magazine. [online]. (Article MT232). Available at: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/j barley.htm [Accessed 2019-03-21]. / Baxter, J. (2020) 'John Barleycorn is a hero bold'. Folksong and music hall. [online]. Available at: http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/hey-john-barleycorn/ [Accessed 2021-05-19]. / Zierke, R. (2021). 'Hey John Barleycorn'. Mainly Norfolk: English folk and other good music. [online].Available at: https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/heyjohnbarleycorn.html [Accessed 2021-05-19].
    Indexer
    RAS
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    URL
  • Roud No
    30136 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Newfoundland and Labrador / Soldiers / Germans / Capture of Beaumont-Hamel (1916) / Bravery / Praise of local men / Death in battle / Battle wounds / Heaven
    Subject date
    1916-07-01 / 1 July 1916 (GEST, no date).
    Synopsis
    A song in praise of the First Newfoundland Regiment that is virtually annihilated at the battle of Beaumont Hamel in the First World War. Eight Hundred Newfoundlanders bravely charge the German lines, and almost all die or are wounded. Those that died are in Heaven. [MET]
    Source
    Leach, M., ed. (2004). MacEdward Leach and the songs of Atlantic Canada. [online]. St John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland. NFLD 2 Tape 3A Track 1
    Characters
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    GEST (no date). 'The July drive'. GEST songs of Newfoundland and Labrador. [online] Available at: http://gestsongs.com/20/july.htm [Accessed 3 June 2019-06-03]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD2/3A-01_51.htm
  • Roud No
    529 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws M19
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / Dunkirk / Pirates / Sailors / Navy captains / Frigates / Sea battles / Piracy / Defiance / <Patriotism> / <Cannons> / <Masts (boats & ships)> / <Ships' flags> / Merchant shipping / Pursuit (sea battles) / <Bravery> / Irish Sea / Stag (ship) / Newcastle (County. Down) / Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The frigate Stag encounters a large cutter commanded by Kelly the pirate. Kelly warns his men that defeat means the gallows for them and encourages them to fight. The British ship shoots away their mainmast, peppers them with shot, and sinks them. The ballad ends with praise for Captain Cooper [Laws 1957, p.156]. [In indexed copy - the pirate ship is captured. The captain's name is not given and no praise given.] [DRC]
    Source
    Kelly the pirate (ca. 1820-1824). [broadside]. Liverpool : Armstrong. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 25(1022)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society
    Indexer
    DRC
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/26565
  • Roud No
    4013 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 186
    Subject terms
    England / Scotland / Truces / <Horses> / <Devils> / Witches / Bravery / Reivers / Boundaries / Imprisonment / Freedom / Arrest (law enforcement) / Debatable Lands / Carlisle Castle / James I, King of England, 1566-1625 / Liddel Rack / Stoneshaw Bank / Armstrong, William, active 1596 / Salkeld, Thomas, 1551-1627 / Scrope, Thomas Scrope, Baron, approximately 1567-1609 / Armstrong, Dick, of Dryhope / Scott, Walter, Lord Scott of Buccleuch, 1565-1611 / Righting of wrongs / Capturing / <Leg irons>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    We are in the Debatable Lands in the time of the reivers (16th-17th centuries). A reiver, Kinmount Willie, is captured by Selkeld, the English Warden's deputy, and taken to Carlisle Castle to be imprisoned there by Lord Scroope , the English Warden, in breach of the Border Truce in place at that time. Word is got to Lord Buccleuch, the Scottish Warden, who vows that, were the Truce not in place, he would sack Carlisle Castle - but that he will see Willie freed. The description of how this is achieved is related at length (the original ballad had some 50 verses). In the end, Lord Scroope cannot believe that the rescue has been accomplished by just 30 Scots in the face of his one thousand English, thinking that witchcraft must have been involved, and says that he would not have crossed the dark waters of the Eden for all the gold in Christendom. [RAS]
    Source
    Kinmount Willie [sleeve notes]. In: Beattie, W. 2001. Up in the North and Down in the South [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD311-2, Pp. 15-16. Track 1/21.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 4 / <Male (Adult) x 30>
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. ; Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    980 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws J19
    Subject terms
    May (month) / At sea setting / England / France / <Seashores> / <Young men> / Sailors / Enemies / Sails (boats & ships) / <Sky> / <Commands> / Navy ships / Guns / <Decks (boats & ships)> / <Blood> / Battle wounds / <Gales> / <Ships' flags> / <Safety> / Royal Navy / <Merriment> / <Dancing> / <Alcoholic drinking> / <Singing> / Celebrations / Toasting (with drink) / Fighting / Wounding / Fear / Bravery / Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) / Sea battles / <George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820> / Victories / Sea battles / <Mast heads> / <Jury masts> / Elation / France. Marine
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The British ship fights for four hours and is victorious over the French vessel. Four men are killed and sixteen wounded. The British sail back to England with their prize. [Laws 1957, p. 137]
    Source
    The vengeance (no date). [broadside]. No imprint . Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 22(322)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 60
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Rarely found historically. There is only one broadside and two oral versions. See Shuldham-Shaw and Lyle (1981-2002, Vol. 1 p.91). [PRW]
    Notes

    In the indexed verion the events take place on 12th May; in other versions the date is often 14th July, which is sometimes the title of the song.

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Ball, Mr
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Shuldham-Shaw, P. and Lyle, E. B., eds. (1981-2002). The Greig-Duncan folk song collection. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press.
    Indexer
    LER
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/10982
  • Roud No
    106 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 254
    Subject terms
    England / Churches / Lords / Noblemen's daughters / Students / Talking birds / Letters / Rings / <Horses> / <Guns> / Foreign travel / Cohabitation / Commands / Forced marriages / Quests / Horse riding / Rescuing / Threats / True love / Anger / Bravery / Fidelity / Parental opposition (to courtship or marriage)
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Lord William and the daughter of the bailiff (Lord Lundy in other versions) have been studying and living together abroad. When her father hears of this he calls her home and commands her to marry an English lord. She gives in, but says that it will kill her. She sends a letter to William via a talking bird, and he comes to rescue her. On arrival at the church, he interrupts the marriage ceremony, and carries off the bride. The angry father says he would shoot him if he had a gun, but William is unconcerned and wishes him no harm. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. IV pp. 411-412 (Version A)
    Characters
    Adult (male) x 2 / Adult (female) x 2 / <Adult (male) x 3>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    V44848 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    <Sweden> / Russians / Sailors / Ships / Rowing boats / Sea storms / Reefs (sea) / Shipwrecks / Cliffs / Rescuing / Bravery / Ferryland (Newfoundland) / <Miramichi (New Brunswick)>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The Russian ship, Alku, sails from Sweden for Miramichi, New Brunswick, but is wrecked in a series of storms, and eventually founders on a reef near Ferryland, Newfoundland. All fourteen crew members manage to reach the cliffs, and are rescued by brave locals in rowboats from Ferryland. [MET]
    Source
    Old home week songster (1904). [St. John's], Newfoundland: Herald Job Print. pp. 60-61.
    Characters
    Male (Adults) x 14
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Herald Job Print
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/5...
  • Roud No
    4407 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Bonavista (Newfoundland) / Oceans & seas / <Labrador> / Sailors / Ships / Fishing vessels / Shipwrecks / Sea storms / Rescuing / Accidental death / Bravery / Grief / Loss at sea (person)
    Subject date
    1907-09-19 / 19 Sep 1907
    Synopsis
    A great storm descends on the town of Bonavista, just as a fleet of fishing boats is returning from Labrador, and as the cargo vessel, Snorre, from Norway, has docked. The ships, Harold F, Olive Branch, and Reliance, as well as many small fishing boats are destroyed. Wharves and moored boats are smashed by the storm. The Snorre bursts her chains and is adrift, and the crew sends out a distress signal. Four men on shore risk their lives to get a line to the ship, and manage to rescue four crew members, but two others are lost: a thirteen year-old boy and an able-bodied seaman. The narrator imagines the the boy's tearful leave-taking from his mother in Norway, and the grieving of the seaman's aged parents. The narrator hails the four rescuers as heroes. [MET]
    Source
    Lehr, G., ed. 1985. Come and I will sing you: a Newfoundland songbook. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 170-172.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 5 / Male (Child) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    University of Toronto Press
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://gestsongs.com/23/snorre.htm
  • Roud No
    V44659 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Brazil / Newfoundland and Labrador / Shipwrecks / Reefs (sea) / Sea captains / Sailors / Lifeboats (shipboard) / Safety / Bravery / <Barbados>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The Newfoundland ship, Gladiola, outbound from Barbados, founders on a reef off the coast of Brazil. At the captain's orders, all abandon ship onto a lifeboat and row for shore. In Brazil, they are cared for by the British Consul, and their passage back to Newfoundland are paid for. The narrator praises the bravery of the captain and crew. [MET]
    Source
    Old home week songster (1904). [St. John's], Newfoundland: Herald Job Print. pp. 24-25.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 2
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Herald Job Print
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/5...
  • Roud No
    9940 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Titanic (ship) / Ships' passengers / Shipwrecks / Icebergs / Lifeboats (shipboard) / <Emigration> / Irish people / Italians / Sea captains / Sailors / Wealth / Loss at sea (person) / Bravery / Praise of local men / Cape Race (Newfoundland) / Southampton
    Subject date
    1912-04-15 / 15 April 1912 (Anon., 2018)
    Synopsis
    The passenger liner, Titanic, sails from Southampton with three thousand aboard, including a number of New York millionaires. The passengers also include emigrants from Italy and Ireland, among other places. Off of Cape Race, Newfoundland, the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink. The crew loads women and children into the lifeboats. The millionaires step aside and bravely face their deaths. The narrator praises Captain Smith and his crew for the lives that they save. [MET]
    Source
    Burke, J., ed. (1912?). Burke's ballads. St. John's, Newfoundland: John Burke. p. 13.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Burke, Johnny (?)
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    John Burke
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Anon., 2018. RMS Titanic. Wikipedia [online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS Titanic [Accessed 28 December 2018]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/6...
  • Roud No
    V46742 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Titanic (ship) / Ships' passengers / Musicians / Shipwrecks / Lifeboats (shipboard) / Rescuing / Bravery / Grief / Prayer / Cape Race (Newfoundland) / Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 / Straus, Isidor, 1845-1912 / Hays, Charles Melville, 1856-1912 / Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912 / Hymns
    Subject date
    1912-04-15 / 15 April 1912 (Anon., 2018)
    Synopsis
    As the ship, Titanic, sinks near Cape Race, Newfoundland, Colonel Astor places his wife and servants into the lifeboat, and then bravely awaits his death. Likewise, Straus, Hays, and Stead also stay on board, as do the band playing hymns to calm those that remain on board. The narrator prays that the brave souls on the ship will find a 'brighter land', and that God and time will lighten the grieving of loved ones. [MET]
    Source
    Burke, J., ed. (1912?). Burke's ballads. St. John's, Newfoundland: John Burke. pp. 17-18.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 4
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Burke, Johnny (?)
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    John Burke
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Anon., 2018. RMS Titanic. Wikipedia [online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS Titanic [Accessed 28 December 2018]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/6...
  • Roud No
    26746 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Sea captains / Fishermen / Ships / Shipwrecks / Sea storms / Lifeboats (shipboard) / Cliffs / Rescuing / Praise of local men / Bravery / Drook (Newfoundland) / Seal Cove (Newfoundland) / Galveston (Texas) / Le Havre
    Subject date
    1908-02 / Feb. 1908 (GEST, no date).
    Synopsis
    The ship, S. S. Tolesby, bound from Galveston, Texas, to Havre, France, founders in a snowstorm off of Little Seal Cove, Newfoundland. As the ship strikes the rocks, the captain orders the crew into lifeboats, which in turn, are smashed upon the rocks. All the crew manage to swim ashore, and spend the night below steep cliffs, burning wreckage from the ship to keep warm. In the morning, fishermen from Drook, Newfoundland, spot the crew, and Joe Perry is lowered down the cliff to save them. The narrator praises the brave Newfoundlanders who saved all twenty-two members of the Tolesby's crew. [MET]
    Source
    Murphy, J., ed. (1923). Songs their fathers sung, for fishermen: old time ditties. St. John's, Newfoundland: James Murphy. p. 13.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 23
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    GEST (no date). 'The wreck of the Tolesby'. GEST songs of Newfoundland and Labrador. [online]. Available at: http://gestsongs.com/21/tolesby.htm [Accessed 8 January 2019]
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/5...
  • Roud No
    901 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws Q31
    Subject terms
    England / France / Spain / Dublin / Valleys / Rural setting / Farmers / Gypsies / Uncles / Squires / Ladies / Nieces / Parted lovers / Reunited lovers / <Trustees> / <Violets> / Prisons / Gold coins / Wealth / Schools / <Doves> / <Brides> / Marriage / Betrayal / Murder / <Bells> / Death / Gallows / Travel / Searching / Kidnapping / Hope / Fear / Bravery / Grief / Celebrations
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Because his neice has been stolen by gypsies, a man is accused of murder and is sentenced to death. Her lover finds the girl in Dublin and tells her of her uncle's predicament. She promises to marry the youth and give him much money if he will take her back to England. He does so and her uncle's life is saved [Laws ABBB p.288]
    Source
    Thorney moor wood [and] The lost lady found (ca. 1863-1885). [broadside]. London: Such. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 11(3803)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x2 / Female (Adult) x1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society.
    Indexer
    LER
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/2953
  • Roud No
    407 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / Sailors / Sweethearts / <Women> / Nancy / <Sea captains> / Sea storms / <Letters> / Bravery / Fear / Yearning
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A sailor writes to his sweetheart, telling her of the harsh dangers he and his crew endure. He promises that if he survives, he will return to England and to Nancy. [LMS]
    Source
    With a helmet on his brow [and] Nancy of Yarmouth (ca. 1819-1844). [broadside]. London: Pitts. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 11(4260A).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 / Female (Adult) x 1 / <Male (Adult) x 1>
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    SLG
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/3108
  • Roud No
    1137 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Irish people / Labourers / Resentment / Bravery / Generosity / Hospitality / Anti-Irish discrimination / American Civil War (1861-1865)
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator, an Irish labourer, expresses his willingness to work but is frustrated by being told that no Irish are wanted. He descibes their contribution to the Union side in the American Civil War and reflects on Irish hospitality. [MN]
    Source
    Wehman's 10-cent Irish songster. No 1. (ca. 1895). New York: Wehman. p. 23
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    First published in songsters in America in the 1890s. Passed into the oral tradition in North America and Ireland. The first part of the chorus was used by Pete Seeger for his version of No Irish need apply (Roud V70866).
    Notes

    Comparative songs
    No Irish need apply (Phillips) (Roud V70865) / No Irish need apply (O'Neil) (Roud V55338) / No Irish need apply (Poole) (Roud V70866) / The Irish may apply (Roud V4930)
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    AG
    Example text
    URL
    https://archive.org/details/5552504/page/n25/mode/2up
  • Roud No
    1686 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Stafford / Prisons / Poachers / Poaching / <Shooting> / Murder / Beating / Hanging (execution) / <Bravery> / <Tiredness> / Gamekeepers / Ambushing / <Heartache> / Empingham Woods / <Overthrowing> / <Wet>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Three brothers go poaching in Oakham woods, where gamekeepers ambush them, and kill one of them. The remaining two are taken to Stafford jail, were they are cruelly beaten before their trial. Both are found guilty and hanged. [RAS]
    Source
    The Oakham Poachers [sleeve notes]. In: Various artists, 1998. To Catch a Fine Buck was My Delight [CD]. London: Topic. TSCD668. Pp.40-41.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3 / Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Popular in 19th century broadsides, many printers issuing the song several times. Oral versions were few historically, but did include a couple collected by George Gardiner (VWML H908). [PRW]
    Notes

    A much shortened version of a 12-verse 19th century broadside published by many ballad printers.

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    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    V44683 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Praise of local trades / Fires (disasters) / Bravery / <Mothers> / <Babies> / <Misers> / Firefighters
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator praises the bravery of firefighters. When all are resting at night, the firefighters get a call and rush forth to do their duty. Whether the burning building is the mansion of an old miser, or the peasant cottage of a mother and babe, the firemen do their job, sometimes at personal sacrifice. [MET]
    Source
    Murphy, J., ed. (1904). Old colony song book, Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland: James Murphy. pp. 49-51.
    Characters
    Unspecified
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/3...
  • Roud No
    355 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Ploughmen / Ploughing / Ploughs / Bravery / Winter / Cold / Storms / Working conditions / Working classes / Upper classes / Middle classes / Class difference (romantic couples) / Social stratification / <Gardeners> / <Flowers> / <Gardens> / <Silk> / <Merchants> / <India> / <Foreign travel> / <Herbs & spices> / <Flour> / <Adam (Biblical figure)> / <Cain (Biblical figure)> / <Samson (Biblical judge)> / <Solomon, King of Israel> / <Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 244-246
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x many
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A song of only modest popularity both historically and in the postwar revival. Its first known occurrence was in Dixon (1846), who states 'This is one of our oldest agricultural ditties, and maintains its popularity to the present hour. It is called for at merry-makings and feasts in every part of the country'. Lucy Broadwood included the song in her English county songs (Broadwood, and Fuller Maitland, 1893). Subsequently most oral versions have been found in England, with a few from Scotland. Most well known 19th century broadside printers issued a version. See Roud & Bishop (2012, pp. 464-465). [PRW]
    Notes

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Dixon, J. H., ed. (1846). Ancient poems, ballads, and songs of the peasantry of England. Reprinted 1973. Wakefield : EP Publishing. ; Broadwood, L.E. and Fuller Maitland, J. A. eds. (1893). English county songs. London: Leadenhall Press. ; Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    NSB
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    18859 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Battle of Waterloo (1815) / Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 / Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 / Ponsonby, William, Major General Sir, 1772-1815 / Scotland / Patriotism / Bravery / Death in battle / Widows / Babies / <Pity> / <December> / <Frost> / <Winds> / <Rural setting> / <Returning> / Sandy / Jessica
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 /18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    A Scotsman returns from the Battle of Waterloo to seek his girl, Jessy. Much sympathy is expressed for the families of the dead, as well as some of the main commanders. [PRW]
    Source
    Sandy the Waterloo man (ca. 1816-1819). [broadside]. London: Pitts. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Firth c.14 9.(30).
    Characters
    Male (Adult / Adolescent / Children) x 1 + / Female (Adult / Adolescent / Children) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Appeared in only two English broadsides, not found in oral tradition. See Wood (2015) p.83. [PRW]
    Notes

    To the tune of 'Jessy the flower of Dunblane'

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/3220
  • Roud No
    V44687 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / Newfoundland and Labrador / Weather / Seal hunting / Ships / Ice floes / Sea storms / Bravery / Rifles / Knives / Hauling ropes / Pikes (weapons)
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    An anthem to the sealers of Newfoundland, describing the hardiness of the sailors through sea storms, cold temperatures, and ice floes. With their ropes, gaffs, knives, and rifles they hunt the seals, until their ship is fully loaded, and they make their way home. [MET]
    Source
    England, G. A. (1924). Vikings of the ice. Reprinted 1969 as The greatest hunt in the world. Montreal: Tundra Books. pp. 308-309
    Characters
    Unspecified
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    England, George Allan
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
    Example text
    URL
    https://books.google.ca/books?id=eyc7bW84kPYC&pg=PT127&lpg=PT127...
  • Roud No
    29 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 18
    Subject terms
    Woodland setting / <Bromsgrove> / Knights / Giants / Ladies / Hostages / <Witches> / <Pages (servants)> / Boars / <Horns (musical instruments)> / Killing / Trapping / Fighting / Death / Rescuing / Healing / Revenge / Terror / Bravery / Hunting / Killing
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Sir Lionel goes hunting in the woods and finds a lady sitting in a tree lamenting the death of her knight, who has been killed by a wild boar. Sir Lionel kills the beast and thereby incurs the wrath of its owner, a giant (a wild woman in some versions), who demands as recompense his hawk, his hounds and the little finger of his right hand. The knight refuses, so the giant wounds him and gives him forty days to recover, after which he must fight him in single combat. The lady has to remain as a hostage. When the time is up, the knight seeks the giant, summons the lady with his horn, puts her on a horse and tells her to flee if he seems to be losing. In other versions the knight kills his opponent and rescues the lady. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. I pp. 210-211. (Version A).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 2 / Female (Adult) x 1 / <Male (child) x 1>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A Child ballad of moderate popularity, this song’s first appearance was as a F. Coles & Partners’ broadside of 1672 entitled ‘Courage Crowned with Conquest’, since when the song has had a bewildering number of quite different titles, including Sir Eglamore, Bold Sir Rylas, the Jovial hunter of Bromsgrove, and Old Bangum. Two English collectors have found two oral forms of the song, two by Ella Mary Leather in Herefordshire, between 1905 and 1909, of completely different titles and texts, and one by Alfred Williams in Wiltshire, of yet another title and text. All the other thirty-five oral versions have been found in the United States in the 20th century. Child (1882-95, Vol I pp. 208-215) gave us six versions, Bronson (1959-72, Vol I pp. 265-274) 17 tunes. [PRW]
    Notes

    Although early versions are serious in tone, most "are farcical in varying degree" (Bronson 1959-72, Vol I p. 265).

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    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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  • Roud No
    V44865 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Newfoundland and Labrador / Royal Navy / Praise of local men / Bravery / Parades
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A song in praise of the Newfoundland Naval Reservists of the Royal Navy. They proudly march in parade, and the narrator praises their defense of the British Empire. [MET]
    Source
    Murphy, J., ed. (1904). Old colony song book, Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland: James Murphy. pp. 64-66.
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    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    MacDonald, Robert Gear
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
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    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/3...
  • Roud No
    3207 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Warwick / Nuneaton / Prisons / Trials (legal procedures) / Brothers / Lords / Judges / Juries / <Coaches> / Watches / Money / Gallows / <Hands> / <Hair> / Highway robbery / <Running away> / Pleading / Warnings / Guilty verdicts / Hanging (execution) / <Wringing of hands> / <Bravery> / <Acceptance (emotion)> / William / <Leg irons> / Young men / Hitting / <Bleeding (injuries)> / <Shock>
    Subject date
    Robbers executed 1818-07-14 / 14 July 1818
    Synopsis
    Three brothers from Warwickshire decide to become highway robbers. They stop Lord 'Granuaile' and hit him on the head, steal his watch and money, and leave him for dead. They are taken prisoner, tried and sentenced to death. Their mother pleads for their lives, but is too late. They warn others to shun bad company. [RAS]
    Source
    Three brothers in fair Warwickshire [sleeve notes]. In: Brazil, D. 2007. Down by the Old Riverside [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD345-7, P. 29. Track 2/18.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 5 / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Rare both as a broadside and in the oral tradition: there are only a few broadsides (by Bloomer of Birmingham and Shipway of Cirencester), and oral versions have been collected only from members of the Brazil family. [MN]
    Notes

    An account of an actual event - the robbery of George Greenaway in Nuneaton. The three men (Warner, Ward and Williams - not actually brothers) were hanged outside Warwick Gaol on 14th July, 1818 (Yates 1983).

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    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Yates. M. (1983). 'Three brothers in fair Warwickshire' English dance & song 45(1) pp. 2-4. / Pettitt, T. (2008). 'From journalism to gypsy folk song' Oral tradition, 23(1) pp. 87-117. Available at: http://www.springthyme.co.uk/brazil/pettitt.pdf [Accessed 2020-11-22].
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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    17 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws L4
    Subject terms
    Highway robbery / Murder / Butchers / <Markets> / <Horses> / <Driving (road vehicles)> / Women / <Hair> / <Ground> / Murderers / <Jackets> / Robbers / Fighting / Dying / Swords / Prisoners / Chains / <England> / <Screaming> / <Despondency> / <Searching> / Nakedness / Rogues / <Tearing> / Bravery / <Villains> / <Fear> / <Ripping> / <Cold> / <Falling> / Stabbing
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    Synopsis
    Riding along with large sums of money to pay their creditors, the butchers hear cries for help and come upon a naked woman, bound with cords, who says she has been robbed. Johnson frees her, and the four ride on together. The woman whistles a signal and ten thieves spring from hiding. Two of the robbers yield and are bound. Johnson fights gallantly and kills eight of the robbers, but the woman gives him his death blow from behind. The remaining thieves then murder the other two butchers and escape from England. (This is a summary of the old broadside text. the late broadsides are rewritten and much condensed but preserve the main details of the story. In them the woman is arrested and bound down in irons) [Laws 1957, pp.167-168]. [ In indexed copy] Three butchers are returning from market with their takings when Johnson hears a woman cry and says they should stop - the other two refuse and ride on. Johnson searches the woods and finds a naked woman with her hair pinned to the ground; she says she has been robbed and beaten. Johnson gives her his coat, puts her on his horse, jumps up behind, and they ride off. She whistles or gives some signal to her robber associates, who come out of ambush and order him to dismount. Johnson does so, saying he was never afraid of any man, and kills them all. She grabs a knife out of his belt and stabs him from behind. Her deed is witnessed by others, it being market day, and she is taken and chained - for killing the finest butcher boy, ever trod old England's ground. [RAS]
    Source
    Three Jolly Butcher Boys [sleeve notes]. Biggun Smith, 2000. Band of Gold [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD307, P.23.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 6 / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A popular song since its first known appearance in a black-letter ballad of the 1670s (giving the writer as Paul Burges), since when it had a continuous broadside presence until the end of the 19th century. Professor Child did not include this in his collection of 305, maybe because it is was not found in the early Scottish collections such as Motherwell, Jamieson, and Scott. Despite this, its first oral occurrence was in Scotland in the 1820s. After this, versions were obtained from Henry Burstow in Sussex in the 1890s, and from several Aberdeenshire singers a little later. Many versions were subsequently collected from most parts of the British Isles and North America. See Shuldham-Shaw and Lyle (1981-2002, Vol 3 pp. 3-11); Roud and Bishop (2012, pp. 505-506). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Shuldham-Shaw, P. and Lyle, E. B. eds. (1981-2002). The Greig-Duncan folk song collection. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    66 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 109
    Subject terms
    Castles / England / <Guildford> / Scotland / Lords / Ladies / Noblemen's daughters / Fathers / Menservants / Pages (servants) / Wealth / Beauty / Gold coins / Letters / Money / Poverty / Horses / Spears / Courtship / Arranged marriages / Wedding preparations / Swearing (oaths etc.) / Duels / Jousting / Bandaging / Deception / Tests of fidelity / Love / Bravery / Generosity / Class difference (romantic couples) / Ennoblement
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    Synopsis
    Lady Rosamund, daughter of Lord Arundel, is courted by Lord Phenix. She refuses him as she loves Tom Potts, a servant. Her father ignores her wishes and arranges the wedding to Lord Phenix. Rosamund tells Tom to go to his master, the Scottish Lord Jockey for help. He does so and is offered wealth and followers, which Tom refuses. Instead he challenges Lord Phenix to single combat. Tom wins, though both are wounded. Tom binds both his own wound and that of Lord Phenix and declares that Rosamund must choose between them. She chooses Tom. Lord Phenix then tests her fidelity with a feigned second combat with Tom. She passes the test. Lord Arundel then permits the wedding to Tom and declares him his heir. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. II pp. 447-452 (Version B)
    Characters
    Adult (male) x 4 / Adult (female) x 1 / <Child (male)>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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  • Roud No
    1617 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    At sea setting / <Winds> / <Boats> / <Warnings> / Guns / <Swimming> / Drowning / <Decks (boats & ships)> / <Lightning> / Death / Smuggling / <Waves> / <Serenity> / <Pockets> / <Head> / Broadsides (sea battles) / Bullets / Lawlessness / <Fear> / Bravery / <Obedience> / Brigs / Susan / <Prayers> / <Forgetfulness> / <Peace> / <Flinching> / <Customs officers> / Last words / <Dead of the night> / <Laws> / <Ports> / <Signalling>
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    Synopsis
    Will Watch, a famous smuggler, promises his Susan that, if all goes well, this will be his last voyage. He sails off, collects the contraband, and waits 'til night to make the return trip. Then he is warned that the Revenue brig is approaching; they take to sea to engage, and he gives the crew their orders, including for his burial, should he die in the encounter. He is hit, dies, and the smugglers sheer for home and Susan. His burial is touchingly described. [RAS]
    Source
    Will Watch [sleeves notes]. In: Sam Larner, 2014. Cruising Round Yarmouth. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD369-0, Pp. 23-4.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 + / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Popular in 19th century broadsides, many printers issuing the song several times. Oral versions were few, the first being collected by Captain Whall in the 1860s. See Whall (1927, pp. 39-41). [PRW]
    Notes

    Sam Larner's use of 'Philistians' rather than Philistines, to describe the Revenue men, is more linguistically accurate.

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    Author / Composer
    Cory, Thomas (words) / Davy, John (music)
    Date composed
    1806
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Whall, W. B., ed. (1927), Sea songs and shanties. 6th edition. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson
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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    198 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 70
    Subject terms
    Castles / Bowers (apartments) / Ladies / Kings / Soldiers / Daughters / <Widows> / Wine / Beer / Bedrooms / Arrows / <Walls> / Swords / Blood / Courtship / Drinking / Lovers' trysts / Climbing / Shooting / Fighting / Death by shooting / Death by stabbing / Death from a broken heart / Love / Vengeance / Bravery / Mourning / Class difference (romantic couples)
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    Synopsis
    Willie, a widow's son, comes to the king's court where the daughter, Lady Margerie, entertains him with wine and beer. She invites him to come secretly to her chamber that night. Willie comes armed, climbs the wall and shoots all of the king's bodyguards with his arrows. She lets him in, but he is covered in blood which has frozen to his shoes. Her father comes upon them and kills Willie with his sword. Lady Margerie curses her father and dies of a broken heart. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol.II pp. 167-168 (Version A)
    Characters
    Adult (male) x 2 / Adult (female) x 2 / <Adult (male) x 30>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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  • Roud No
    1174 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    At sea setting / <Dungeness> / Sea captains / Sailors / Northfleet (ship) / <English Channel> / <Steamships> / <Anchors (boats & ships)> / <Shooting> / Drowning / <Crying> / Fear / Shipwrecks / <First mates> / <Terror> / <Emigrants> / <Wood (material)> / Collisions (transport accidents) / Death at sea / Bravery
    Subject date
    1873-01-22 / 22 Jan 1873
    Synopsis
    An emigrant ship, the Northfleet, is laying at anchor at Dungeness, when a Spanish steamer crashes into her, but carries on without any offers of assistance. The Northfleet rapidly begins to sink and all rush for the lifeboats. The Captain orders that the women and children take the boats first, and shoots a man who disobeys him. He then gives his wife into the care of his First Mate - and goes down with the ship. The song ends with prayers and tears for those lost. [RAS]
    Source
    The Wreck of the Northfleet [sleeve notes]. In: Upton, H. 2001. Up in the North and Down in the South [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD311-2. P. 6. Track 1/2.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 + / Female (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Male Female
    Song history
    Notes

    This is the true story of a shipwreck which took place on the night of 22nd January 1873. Surprisingly, there appear to be no broadsides.

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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    2637 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws L1
    Subject terms
    Yorkshire / <Oxfordshire> / Farmers / Farm labourers / Young men / Highway robbers / Roads / Theft / Horses for transport / Horse riding / Cows / Fairs / Selling / Pubs / <Alcoholic drinking> / <Pub landlords> / <Coats> / <Sewing> / Money / <Pistols> / Laughing / <Happiness> / <Wealth> / Turning the tables / Happy endings / Cleverness / Bravery
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    His master sends young John to the fair to sell a cow. When, later, the boy stops in a tavern for a drink, a highwayman overhears him discussing his money. He offers to let the boy ride with him and attempts to rob him. But while he is retrieving the money which the boy has scattered on the ground, John rides away on the robber's horse and returns to his master with saddle-bags full of money [Laws 1957, p.165].
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 339-340
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 / <Male (Adult) x 6>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Rich farmer's daughter from Chester, The (Roud 2638) / Crafty farmer, The (Roud 2640)
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    NSB
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  • Roud No
    123 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 288
    Subject terms
    Oceans & seas / <London> / Sailors / Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601 / Emperors / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 / Noblemen's sons / English people / Germans / <Apprentices> / Sailing ships / Cannons / <Top sails> / <Keys> / <Gold (metal)> / Capturing / Ransoming / Pride / Bravery / Fame / Fear / Sea battles / Victories
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The Queen of England's powerful navy sails out to meet the German fleet. When the Emperor of Germany hears that the English commander is the young Earl of Essex he decides to retreat. His son asks to take command instead and the battle rages for three hours. The Germans are defeated and the Emperor's son is captured. The Earl of Essex refuses the offer of a ransom and the Emperor sends his fleet to accompany his son on his voyage to London. The Earl's valour impresses the apprentice boys of London. [EKM]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications Vol. V pp. 145 - 148. (Version A).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3 / <Female (Adult) x1>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Indexer
    EKM
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  • Roud No
    851 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Subject terms
    Rural setting / <Judges> / <Juries> / <Guns> / <Pheasants> / Poaching / Fighting / Trials (legal procedures) / Bravery / Gamekeepers / Poachers / William
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator asks for attention and describes an incident between some poachers and keepers, who fought 'through these covers, some winters ago'. No sooner have the poachers begun firing when twelve keepers appear, and the poachers agree to fight them. William Taylor, who fights the best, is taken and brought to trial. He refuses to name his companions, and says he would 'die for them all'. The narrator concludes by saying that there was never one like young Taylor, who preferred to be hung, before he would betray his comrades. [RAS].
    Source
    1/ Young William Taylor. In: Pop Maynard, 2007. Down the Cherry Tree [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MT CD 401-2, CD 2 track 1. 2/ Hamer, F., 1967. Garners Gay. London: EFDSS. P.34.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 9+
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Not very popular historically. There are no known broadsides, and the first revival collectors did not get many. Baring Gould obtained the first of these in 1888 in Devon. Must be distinguished from ‘William Taylor’ (Roud 158). [PRW]
    Notes

    The first verse has drifted in from 'The King and the Keeper', which has no further relevance to this song. Not to be confused with ‘William Taylor’ (Roud 158).

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    William Taylor (Roud 158)
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    RAS
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