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Thread #150785   Message #3517403
Posted By: Suzy Sock Puppet
20-May-13 - 09:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Lord Lovel (Child #75)
Subject: RE: Origins: Lord Lovel (Child #75)
I think this tune (links below) is lovely. I have heard it paired with one of Childs texts for LL only once. Matt Schwartz recorded it using this tune and text 75H (the text that ultimately became standard).

Lord Lovel I 

Lord Lovel II 

Does anyone know anything about the origin of this tune or why it is called Lord Lovel? It seems strange that there would be a tune called Lord Lovel over here and a set of texts that purport to be a ballad over there. Does anyone think they were once in sync and were somehow separated?