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Thread #11295   Message #642592
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
04-Feb-02 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: Child Ballads: Anyone recorded the lot?
Subject: RE: Child Ballads: Anyone recorded the lot?
Re Abby's list: traditional tunes for both #35 (Allison Gross) and #264 (The White Fisher) have turned up since Bronson published.  I expect there are a few more, though probably most of the others will never be found.

The White Fisher  Text, and tune in abc format, as noted by James M. Carpenter from Bell Duncan of Lambhill in the parish of Insch, Aberdeenshire, in the 1920s.  (Bronson knew about Carpenter's material, but didn't have access to it).

ADD: Allison Cross  Text of Lizzie Higgins' traditional set, as recorded by Revival performers.  Later in the thread, I've added the verse they missed out; unfortunately, I seem to have forgotten to post the tune.  A midi of that tune, as noted from Lizzie by Colin Ross and published in English Dance and Song (vol.55, no.2, 1993) can be heard, for now, via the  South Riding Folk Network  site:

Allison Cross (midi)

I still don't agree with Abby about Anna Brown's tune for Willie's Lady, but that's just a personal thing.