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Posted By: Jim Carroll
18-Apr-13 - 09:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
Subject: RE: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
Aileen
List below.
Captain Woodburren is indeed Captain Wedderburn and we got it from from both Tom Lenihan and Pat McNamara latter on 'Hills', Tom's should be on " Mount Callan Garland", Willie Clancy also sang it - fairly popular in Ireland.
Re. Around the Hills of Clare - where are you?
Jim Carroll
CHILD BALLADS PRESERVED IN PART OR WHOLE BY SOUND RECORDINGS PROM ORAL TRADITION IN IRELAND.
A: COLLECTED BY TOM MUNNELLY.
NO CHILD'S TITLE.
2 THE ELFIN KNIGHT.
4 LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT.
12 LORD RANDAL. (Appendix: BILLY BOY)
13 EDWARD.
20 THE CRUEL MOTHER.
21 THE MAID AND THE PALMER.
44 THE TWA MAGICIANS.
46 CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP.
49 THE TWA BROTHERS.
53 YOUNG BEICHAN.
56 DIVES AND LAZARUS. (Appendix: RYE-ROGER-UM.)
68 YOUNG HUNTING.
73 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET.
74 FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM.
75 LORD LOVEL.
76 THE LASS OF ROCH ROYAL.
77 SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST.
84 BONNY BARBARA ALLAN
87 PRINCE ROBERT.
92 BONNY BEE HOM. (Appendix: THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND.)
93 LAMKIN.
95 THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS. (Appendix: THE STREETS OF DERRY.)
100 WILLIE O WINSBURY.
112 THE BAFFLED KNIGHT
200 THE GYPSY LADDIE.
209 GEORDIE.
214 THE BRAES OF YARROW.
221 KATHERINE JAFFRAY.
272 THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE
274 OUR GOODMAN.
275 GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR
279 THE JOLLY BEGGAR.
281 THE KEACH I THE CREEL.
286 THE SWEET TRINITY.
295 THE BROWN GIRL (Appendix: SALLY THE QUEEN)
By other Collectors
3 FALSE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD
12 LORD RANDALL
24 BONNIE ANNIE
39 TAM LIN
54 CHERRY TREE CAROL
99 JOHNNY SCOTT
106 FAMOUS FLOW OF SERVING MEN
115 SIR HUGH or THE JEW'S DAUGHTER
148 THE GREY COCK
178 THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE
293 JOCK OF HAZLEGREEN
243 JAMES HARRIS
For a list of Child ballads from Irish sources, see Hugh Shields' 'Old British Ballads in Ireland, in Folk Life vol 10, 1972 p 78. This invaluable listing contains references to ms. And printed tradition. The list of sound recordings is now out of date.