Lyr Req: Sir Edmund Spence (ballad)

Subject: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From:
Date: 10 Jul 98 - 11:07 PM

I stumbled into this site while looking up "The Ball of Kerriemuir" and now I'm trying to find this; I'm not sure of the title, but the first lines are:

The good King sits in Dunfermlin town drinking the blood red wine

I had it on a Buffy St Marie album lo these many years ago and fragments of the melody haunt me still. I would really like to have the words.

Thanks for any help any of you might offer.

RSP:cfr

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From: Bruce O.
Date: 11 Jul 98 - 11:39 AM

Sir Patrick Spens, Child ballad, and undoubtably in DT.

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 11 Jul 98 - 05:53 PM

It's Child #58. If you search for Spens, you'll come up with two hits, one of which is irrelevant.If you search for #58, you'll get two versions.

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From: cfrandom
Date: 11 Jul 98 - 11:59 PM

Simple enough. Thank you for your guidance.

Thank you

RSP:cfr

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From:
Date: 07 Aug 98 - 09:42 AM

The words are from a poem: try looking in a poetry index of lines Most UK kids do it a school and know quite a lot of the words (well they did some years ago!)

by the way its probably Kirriemuir for your other ballad

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From: Bert
Date: 07 Aug 98 - 02:07 PM

click here

Subject: RE: Words to Ballad of Sir Edmund Spence?
From: Ireland O'Reilly
Date: 08 Aug 98 - 09:04 PM

hereis another place to try. A veritable treasure trove of English poetry! (literature...you all know it's my weakness!)