shredsandpatches:The English and Scottish Popular Ballads - Part 1: Child 1-26 This is something I&r
shredsandpatches:The English and Scottish Popular Ballads - Part 1: Child 1-26This is something I’d been meaning to do for a while, so here is the first part of it. There’s a similar collection here; I’ve deliberately chosen different recordings where possible. Also, the Child Ballads are full of triggery things – I’ve asterisked for the most egregious of them, but if you aren’t familiar with the ballads and want to know what you’re in for, there’s a collection of summaries here. Shorter version: you can do a lot of damage with a little penknife.Track listings are given by Child’s numbering rather than strictly numerically. Missing numbers are ballads I don’t have or that haven’t been recorded (lots of overlap there).01. riddles wisely expounded - daniel dutton ◦ 02. the elfin knight - ewan maccoll & peggy seeger ◦ 03. false knight on the road - maddy prior ◦ 04. the outlandish knight - bellowhead ◦ 06. willie’s lady* - martin carthy & dave swarbrick ◦ 07. earl brand - custer larue ◦ 10. cruel sister - pentangle ◦ 11. the cruel brother** - martin simpson ◦ 12. lord ronald - custer larue ◦ 13. edward** - jean ritchie ◦ 14. the bonnie banks of fordie - nic jones ◦ 16. sheath and knife*** - eliza carthy ◦ 17. hind horn - giordano dall'armellina ◦ 18. sir eglamore - kate rusby ◦ 19. king orfeo - carol wood ◦ 20. cruel mother**** - martin carthy ◦ 21. the well below the valley***** - frankie armstrong ◦ 22. stephen - steeleye span ◦ 24. banks of green willow***! - spiers & boden ◦ 25. amang the blue flowers and the yellow (willie’s lyke-wake) - ewan maccoll ◦ 26. there were three ravens - baltimore consort*weird pregnancy stuff **incest (subtextual) ***incest (textual) ***!non-incest version of a song that’s usually about (attempted) incest ****infanticide *****infanticide of incest babiesLISTEN HERE -- source link
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