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Thread #140911 Message #3315094
Posted By: Richie
29-Feb-12 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: Child Ballads: US Versions
Subject: RE: Child Ballads: US Versions
Hi,
Thanks for the versions. Haven't posted since the slowdown.
I'm on child 53, Young Beichan which is a monster. I have a couple English version not found on the web and have reproduced The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman w/illustrations here:
Young Bicham- Jamieson-Brown c.1783 Child A Young Brechin- Glenriddell 1791; Child B Young Bekie- Jamieson-Brown 1783 Child C Young Beachen- Skene MS c.1802 Child D Young Beichan and Susie Pye- 1806 Child E Susan Pye and Lord Beichan- c.1817 Child F Lord Beekin- Walker (Mt Pleasant) pre-1873 Child G Lord Beichan and Susie Pye- Kinloch 1827 Child H Young Bechin- Dodds (Haddington) c.1873 Child I Young Beichan- Robertson c.1829 Child J Lord Bechin- Dickson (Rentonhall) c.1873 Child K The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman- 1839 Child L Young Bondwell- Buchan MS c.1828; Child M Susan Py, or Young Bichen's Garland- 1815 Child N Earl Bichet- Greenwood (London) 1806 Child O
Lord Bateman- Withington (Edgmond) c. 1870s Lord Beichan- (Aberdeenshire) 1876 Christie Ye Loving Ballad of Lorde Bateman- Crawhall 1883 Lord Bateman- Holt (Alderhill) 1891 Kidson Lord Bateman- Wray (Lincolnshire) 1904 Grainger B Lord Bateman- Kidson (Two Melodies) pre-1904 Lord Bateman- Larcombe (Somerset) 1906 Sharp Lord Bateman- Taylor (Lincolnshire) 1906 Grainger A