Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Strawberry Lane (The Elfin Knight)
recording of:
The Elfin Knight (aka Scarborough Fair / Whittingham Fair / Rosemary Lane; title is easily confused with Child #4, check lyrics)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 2) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12)
Thomas Moran2:28
2The False Knight Upon the Road
Duncan McPhee & Frank Quinn2:57
3The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight)
recording of:
The Outlandish Knight (title is easily confused with Child #2, check lyrics)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 4) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 21)
Fred Jordan4:47
4The Douglas Tragedy (Earl Brand)
recording of:
Earl Brand
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 7) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23)
Henry McGregor1:08
5The Twa Sisters
John Strachan & Dorothy Fourbister2:35
6Lord Randal
Jeannie Robertson, Elizabeth Cronin & Thomas Moran3:31
7Edward
Mary Ellen Connors, Jeannie Robertson & Thomas Moran5:56
8King Orfeo
John Stickle0:43
9The Cruel Mother
recording of:
The Cruel Mother (aka Greenwood Sidey / The Lady of York / Fine Flowers in the Valley)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9) and Child Ballads (number: 20)
Duncan Burke, Cecilia Costello & Thomas Moran5:21
10Broomfield Hill (Broomfield Wager)
recording of:
Broomfield Hill (aka The Broomfield Wager / A Wager, A Wager)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 43) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 34)
Cyril Poacher5:02
11Captain Woodburn (Wedderburn's Courtship)
recording of:
Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 46) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 36)
Thomas Moran3:13
12The Two Brothers
Lucy Stewart & Nellie McGregor3:44
13The King's Daughter
Willie Mathieson0:53
14Lord Bateman
Thomas Moran & Jeannie Robertson2:12
15Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet)
Jessie Murray2:44
16Lord Lovel
Ethel Findlater3:22
17Lord Gregory (The Lass of Roch Royal)
Elizabeth Cronin4:01
18Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Little Matty Groves)
Jeannie Robertson5:45
19Barbara Allen
Jessie Murray, Fred Jordan & Charlie Wills5:13
20George Collins
Enos White1:52
21False Lamkin
George Fosbury3:17
22The Pricketty Bush (The Maid Freed from the Gallows)
Sarah Anne Tuck & Julia Scaddon1:49
23The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
recording of:
The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 105) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 483)
Albert Beale1:45
24The Famous Flower of Servantmen
Carolyne Hughes3:28

Credits

Release

compiler:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)

Release group

part of:Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales (order: 3)
The Alan Lomax Collection (number: 1) (order: 19)