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Thread #150251   Message #3505260
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.