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Posted By: Roberto
21-May-04 - 04:52 AM
Thread Name: Origins: How many versions of Geordie
Subject: RE: How many versions of Geordie
16 recordings of Geordie available on CD or LP, plus 3 recordings of the Geordie that starts with "there was a battle in the North", plus MacColl's version of the bog o' Gight's type, all with the transcription of the first stanza.

Georgie
Harry Cox, The Bonny Labouring Boy, Traditional songs & tunes from a Norfolk farm worker, Topic TSCD5120, ballad recorded 1958
As I walked over London Bridge
One midsummer's morning early
There I beheld a fair lady
Lamenting for her Georgie

Georgie
Peter Bellamy, Mainly Norfolk, XTRA 1060, 1968
As I walked over London Bridge
One misty morning early
There I overheard some fair lady
Lamenting for her Georgie

Georgie
A. L. Lloyd, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) sung by Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd, vol. IV, Washington 718; The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) sung by Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd, vol. II, Riverside RLP 12-623/624
Come bridle me my milk-white steed
Come bridle me my pony
That I may ride to London town
To plead for my Georgie

Georgie
Ewan MacColl, The Manchester Angel, Tradition 2059, LP (196?), from the version sung by Henry Hughes
Once I had such a purty little boy
As good a little boy as any
That would run five miles in one half-an-hour
With a letter to me Georgie

Geordie
Martin Carthy, Crown of Horn, Topic TSCD300, first lp release, 1976
Now as I rode out over London Bridge
On a misty morning early
I overheard a fair pretty maid
A-cry for the life of her Geordie

Georgie
Levi Smith, on My father's the king of the gypsies, Music of English & Welsh travellers & gypsies, The Voice of the People vol.11, Topic TSCD 661, ballad recorded 1974, originally released on Topic 12T25
What did Georgie done on Shooter's Hill?
Did he stoled or murder by many?
Yes, he stoled sixteen of the Lord Judge's deers
And we sold them down under the valley

Georgie
Jasper Smith, on Here's Luck to a Man... – Gypsy Songs and Music from South-East England, Musical Traditions Records, MTCD320, ballad recorded 1974
Come saddle to me, said, my lily-white breast
Come saddle to me, said, my pony
I'm willing to ride all before the Lord Judge
But I'll fight for the life of my Georgie

Georgie
Martin Carthy, Signs of Life, Topic TSCD503, 1998
Once I had such a good little boy
A pretty boy quick as any
He would run five miles in one half an hour
A letter to pardon my Georgie

Geordie
Jo Freya, Traditional Songs of England, Saydisc CD-SDL 402, 1993
As I came over London Bridge
One misty morning early
I overheard a fair pretty maid
Lamenting for her Geordie

Spare Me The Life Of Geordie
Rod Bailey, New Bell Wake, Roy Bailey. 1976. Digitally Remastered, Fuse Records, Fuse CFCD 262
As I rode over London Bridge
'T was on one morning early
There I espied a fair lady
Lamenting for her Georgie

As I Walked Over London's Bridge
Sam Russell, Virginia Tradition, Ballads from British tradition, Global Village Music CD1002; ballad recorded 1936
As I walked over London Bridge
So early in the morning
I overheard some fair one say:
Lord, spare me the life of Georgie
I overheard some fair one say:
Lord, spare me the life of Georgie

Georgie
Doc Watson, on Songcatcher II, The tradition that inspired the movie, Vanguard 79716, 2002
As I walked over London Bridge
One misty morning early
I heard some fair young maiden say -
Lord, spare me the life of Georgie

Georgie
Martin Simpson, Righteousness & Humidity, Topic TSCD540, 2003
As I rode over London Bridge
So early in the morning
I overheard a fair bonnie maid
Saying – Spare me the life of my Georgie
I overheard a fair bonnie maid
Saying – Spare me the life of my Georgie

Geordie
Paul Clayton, British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition, Folkways FW 8708, 1957
My Geordie shall be hanged in a golden chain
That's a chain of many
He stole sixteen of the king's wild deers
And he sold them in Bohenny
He stole sixteen of the king's wild deers
And he sold them in Bohenny

Geordie
Peggy Seeger, on Blood and Roses vol.3, Traditional ballads from Scotland and North America, sung by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Blackthorn Records ESB 81, 1982 (ballad from the singing of Mrs. Evelyn Skaggs of Wayton, Arkansas
As I walked over old London's Bridge
It was in the morning early
There I espied a most pretty fair maid
Lamenting for her Georgie

Geordie
Joan Baez, In Concert, Vanguard 79598-2, frst released in 1962
As I walked out over London bridge
One misty morning early
I overheard a fair pretty maid
Was lamenting for her Geordie

Geordie
June Tabor, on Maddy Prior & June Tabor, Silly Sisters, Shanachie SH 79040, 1988
There was a battle in the north
And nobles there were many
And they have killed Sir Charlie Hay
And laid the blame on Geordie

Geordie
Alistair Hulett, on The Complete Songs of Robert Burns, vol.7, Linn Records CKD 107, 1999
There was a battle in the north
And nobles they were many
And they hae kill'd Sir Charlie Hay
And pit the wyte on Geordie

Geordie Gordon
Robin Williamson, A Job Of Journey Work, Pig's Whisker Music PWMD5010, 1998
Oh there was a battle in the North
Nobles there were many
There was killed the King's good friend
And they laid the blame on Geordie

Geordie (The Bog o' Gight)
Ewan MacColl, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol.2, Folkways FG 3510, 1964
Will ye gang tae the Hielands, my bonnie, bonnie love?
Will ye gang tae the Hielands wi' Geordie?
And I'll tak' the high road and ye'll tak' the low
And I'll be in the Hielands afore ye