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Thread #148194 Message #3502591
Posted By: Richie
12-Apr-13 - 11:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 4
Subject: RE: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 4
Roud 303 Twa Knights lists:
Roud No. 303: The Twa Knights (7 Listings)
HOG'S HEART, THE
Source Thompson, Pioneer Songster (1958) pp.11-18
Performer
Place collected USA : New York
Collector
KNIGHT IN GREEN
Source Flanders & Olney, Ballads Migrant in New England pp.184-191
Performer
Place collected USA
Collector
KNIGHT IN GREEN, THE
Source Thompson, Pioneer Songster (1958) pp.18-22
Performer
Place collected USA : New York
Collector
These are US version but I thought they are versions of Buchan's Northern Lord and Cruel Jew, from Buchan's Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish scarce old Ballade Peterhead, 1825.
They are somewhat similar in plot, but I'm confused.
Richie