The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120038   Message #2797066
Posted By: MGM·Lion
27-Dec-09 - 03:45 AM
Thread Name: People named in songs
Subject: RE: People named in songs
Has anyone ever counted how many Child Ballads have somebody's name [often more than one person, at that - e.g 'Lord Thomas and Fair Annet'] just as their titles, apart from who else may be named in the ballad? (How many are named in 'Chevy Chase', say - anyone know?) A quick count yielded me 29 of the first 50 — I hadn't the ❤ to count any further!