Tune Req: hobbie noble

Subject: hobbie noble and others
From: Chappy
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 08:42 PM

Hi frae Scotland, Can anybody give me help in finding the melody,chords for the following "Border Ballads". 1.Hobbie Noble 2.The Frey of Sopport 3.The Raid of Reidswire

Thanks in advance. Chappy frae Scotland.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 09:03 PM

I only found the lyrics for Hobie and Raid; no tunes. Do you need the lyrics? I'll check Bronson for Hobie, be right back.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 09:06 PM

Nope, sorry. Bronson doesn't have a tune. BTW, Hobie Noble is Child #189 if that helps. Lesley at Contemplator doesn't have a tune either.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: GUEST, WYSIWYG
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 04:05 PM

Chappy, welcome to Mudcat!

~Susan

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: MMario
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 04:23 PM

The Ballad index does not reference a tune for child 189 either

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 08:58 PM

At the time Bronson published his book, no tune had been found for Hobie Noble; that may still be the case.  There is a possibility, however; speaking of the trilogy of ballads, Jock o' the Side, Dick o' the Cow and Hobie Noble, Anne Gilchrist (Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. III, no. 1, 1936) commented "...the three ballads are said to have been sung to the same tune".  Said by whom she did not say, and it's a bit too obscure to speculate on here (it may have been a misunderstanding -Bronson seems to have thought so); however, Bronson does give four tunes for Jock and one for Dick, so in the absense of anything more concrete, one of them might do the trick for you.  I can send you photocopies if you like; send me a personal message with your address.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: hobbie noble
From: shankmac
Date: 27 Jul 01 - 07:24 AM

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