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Thread #41056 Message #3704424
Posted By: Jim Carroll
27-Apr-15 - 04:15 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Queen Eleanor's Confession (Child #156)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen Eleanor's Confession (Child #156)
Whatever the historical veracity of the story, it remains one of my all-time favourite humourous ballads (along with The Duke of Athol's Nurse') - ballad-humour at its very best.
I'm sure you know the film on the relationship between Henry and Eleanor, 'The Lion in Winter' - worth a look if you already haven't - works as a handy visual-image-prompter for the singing of the ballad - for me anyway.
Jim Carroll