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Andrew Crawfurd’s Collection of Ballads and Songs
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Emily B. Lyle (editor) Emily B. Lyle (editor) |
Volume 1
Mary Macqueen (Mrs Storie)
- Lord Bangwell’s Adventure (Roud 22; Child 5 Gil Brenton)
- Bob Norrice (Roud 53; Child 83 Child Maurice; G/D 2:214)
- My Lord Derwater (Roud 89; Child 208 Lord Derwentwater)
- The Hawthorn Green (Roud 1072)
- William and the Young Colonel (Roud 56; Child 88 Young Johnstone; G/D 8:1929)
- Fair Rosalind (Roud 3852)
- The Cruel Stepmother (Roud 3853)
- The Grazier’s Dochter (Roud 3854)
- Lord Meanwell (Roud 6; Child 93 Lamkin; G/D 2:187; Henry H735)
- Sir Hugh (Roud 73; Child 155 Sir Hugh, or, The Jew’s Daughter)
- The King’s Dochter Jean (Roud 64; Child 100 Willie o Winsbury; G/D 5:999; Henry H221)
- The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
- Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76 The Lass of Roch Royal; G/D 6:1226)
- The Wandering Lover (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783)
- The Squire’s Son of Aizling Town (Roud 483; Child 105 The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington; G/D 1:168)
- The Merry Lykewake (Roud 30; Child 25 Willie’s Lyke-Wake; G/D 4:843)
- Young Betsy (Roud 156; Laws M20 Betsy Is a Beauty Fair; G/D 6:1094)
- Fair Rosanne (Roud 37831)
- Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11 William Taylor; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757)
- Lord Level (Roud 48; Child 75 Lord Lovel; G/D 6:1232)
- The Penitent Bride (Roud 567; Laws P31 The Nobleman’s Wedding; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab)
- The Three Jolly Butchers (Roud 17; Laws L4 The Three Butchers; G/D 2:186; Henry H185)
- Wise Willie (Roud 236; Opie 447)
- The Reeking House (Roud 3859; G/D 7:1394)
- The Auld Wife and the Peat Creel (Roud 120; Child 281 The Keach i the Creel; G/D 2:317; Henry H201)
- The Yorkshire Rambler (Roud 1640; G/D 2:298)
- The Bush of Broom (Roud 32570; G/D 7:1313)
- Mother Bunch (Roud 3872)
- The Hills o’ Gowrie (Roud 3871; G/D 5:954)
- The Shepherd’s Son (Roud 11; Child 112 The Baffled Knight; G/D 2:301)
- The Fause Knicht (Roud 20; Child 3 The Fause Knight Upon the Road)
- The Laird of Ochiltree Walls (Roud 92; Child 217 The Broom of Cowdenknows; G/D 4:838)
- The Bonnie Blue-Eyed Lassie (Roud 3870)
- May Colyean (Roud 21; Child 4 Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
- Mall Bowie (Roud 195; Laws O14 Pretty Polly; G/D 2:226)
- Lady Jean (Roud 39; Child 52 The King’s Dochter Lady Jean; G/D 7:1395)
- Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68 Young Hunting)
- The Laird o’ Kelty (Roud 3861; G/D 7:1487)
- The Mason’s Dochter (Roud 3850; G/D 2:196)
- The Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26)
- The Deil’s Courtship (Roud 573)
- Poor Greeting Wilsie (Roud 298; G/D 4:812)
- Slighted Love (Roud 60; Laws P25 Love Has Brought Me to Despair; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683)
- The Ensign and the Lady Gay (Roud 3855; Child 69 Clerk Saunders)
- The Unco Knicht’s Wooin (Roud 161; Child 1 Riddles Wisely Expounded)
- Rosianne (Roud 234; Child 51 Lizie Wan)
- The Prince of Orange (Roud 563; Laws P12 Nancy II; G/D 6:1213)
Meg Walker (Mrs Caldwell)
- The Nut-Brown Bride (Roud 4; Child 73 Lord Thomas and Fair Annet; G/D 2:212)
- The Laird o Ochiltree (Roud 92; Child 217 The Broom of Cowdenknows; G/D 4:838)
- Jamie Douglas (Roud 87; Child 204)
- The Faughhill Shearing (Roud 3873; G/D 3:405)
- When My Old Hat Was New (Roud 1693; G/D 3:540, 3:541)
- Sir Donald and Eliza Lindsay (Roud 94; Child 226 Lizie Lindsay; G/D 4:858)
- The Rose Smells Sae Sweetly (Roud 26; Child 11 The Cruel Brother)
- The Sun Shines Over the Valley (Roud 30; Child 25 Willie’s Lyke-Wake; G/D 4:843)
- A Yarmouth Story (Roud 289; Laws L3; G/D 2:268)
- Lady Beltrees (Roud 3860; G/D 7:1361)
- Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret (Roud 109; Child 260)
- Jock t’ Leg and the Merry Merchant (Roud 3856; Child 282 Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant; G/D 2:263)
- The Laird of Johnstone and Miss Jean Macdowall (Roud 3787; G/D 5:991)
- The Braes of Killiecrankie (Roud 3874)
- Lord Eglinton’s Song (Roud 2406)
- The Wee Crap (Roud 7177)
- Bonnie Belleen (Roud 3862)
William Gemmel
- Airlie House (Roud 794; Child 199 The Bonnie House o Airlie; G/D 2:233)
- Young Lochinvar’s Courtship (Roud 93; Child 221 Katharine Jaffray; G/D 5:1024)
- There Was an Old Man Was Smoking His Pipe (Roud 3863)
- As I Was A-Walking by Yon Green Garden (Roud 3865)
- Black Joke (Roud 3864)
- Johnie Miller of Glenlee (Roud 3866)
- Linton Race (Roud 9529)
- The Wee Wee Man (Roud 2865; Child 38)
John Smith
- The Old Bachelor (Roud 1649; Henry H650b)
- The Blackbird (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141; Henry H215)
- Mossgrove (Roud 52; Child 81 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard)
- The Widow’s Dochter (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439)
- The Mailin (Roud 3869)
- The Weaver’s Dochter (Roud 3368; G/D 6:1234)
- Jockie and the Fair Maid (Roud 1437; Laws O9 Branded Lambs; G/D 5:966)
- The Wooer Came to the Widow’s Door (Roud 3867)
- The Maid’s Complaint to Her Mother (Roud 3857)
Appendix
- The Unfortunate Grazier’s Daughter (Roud 3854)
- Fair Rosamond (Roud 3858)
- The Wedding (Roud 567; Laws P31 The Nobleman’s Wedding; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab)
- Neighbout Hark (Roud 3859; G/D 7:1394)
- Bonny Bush of Broom (Roud 32570; G/D 7:1313)
- The Pretty Parks o Cailty O (Roud 3861; G/D 7:1487)
- The Longing Maid (Roud 3857)
Volume 2
- Johnie Scott (Roud 63; Child 99 Johnie Scot; G/D 5:1013; Henry H736)
- Geordie Cunningham (Roud 15528)
- The Deil’s Wouing (Roud 12; Child 2 The Elfin Knight; G/D 2:329)
- The High Banks o Yarrow (Roud 172; Child 24 Bonnie Annie; G/D 6:1225)
- A Fairie Sang (Roud 35; Child 39 Tam Lin; G/D 2:330)
- Lord Thomas and Ladie Margaret (Roud 23; Child 7 Earl Brand; G/D 2:220)
- Fair Flora (Roud 564; Laws P18 Pretty Little Miss)
- Mary and Willie (Roud 264; Laws N42 Pretty Fair Maid; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471, H818)
- The Flanders Shore (Roud 2636)
- The Milk-Maid (Roud 559; Laws O10 Pretty Betsy the Milkmaid)
- Sweit Willie (Roud 44; Child 64 Fair Janet; G/D 6:1100)
- Lord Thomas and Ladie Margaret (Roud 253; Child 74 Fair Margaret and Sweet William; G/D 2:337)
- Jackie With the Leg (Roud 3856; Child 282 Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant; G/D 2:263)
- Buchan Hunt (Roud 15098)
- A Sang o Gude Wallace (Roud 75; Child 157 Gude Wallace)
- Sandy’s at the Cauld Well (Roud 6173; G/D 4:749)
- Willie an’ May Margeret (Roud 91; Child 216 The Mother’s Malison, or, Clyde’s Water; G/D 6:1231)
- Janet and Tam Blain (Roud 35; Child 39 Tam Lin; G/D 2:330)
- The Burning of Loudon Castle (Roud 80; Child 178 Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon; G/D 2:231)
- A Fairie Sang (Roud 2865; Child 38 The Wee Wee Man)
- The Bonnie Lass o Hietoun Hie (Roud 125; Child 290 The Wylie Wife of the Hie Toun Hie; G/D 7:1499)
- Lady Margaret and Sweit Willie (Roud 67; Child 110 The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter; G/D 7:1465)
- The Cabin Boy (Roud 1168)
- The Widow’s Dochter (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439)
- The Bows o London (Roud 8; Child 10 The Twa Sisters; G/D 2:213)
- Wee Mess Grove (Roud 52; Child 81 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard)
- The Edinburgh Lord and the Country Maid (Roud 93; Child 221 Katharine Jaffray; G/D 5:1024)
- The Bonnie Brumefeils (Roud 34; Child 43 The Broomfield Hill; G/D 2:322; Henry H135)
- Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126)
- Bonnie Annie Livingstoun (Roud 100; Child 222 Bonny Baby Livingston; G/D 6:1264)
- Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Roud 4; Child 73 Lord Thomas and Fair Annet; G/D 2:212)
- Jamie Douglas (Roud 87; Child 204)
- The Rosie Smell’d Sae Sweetlie (Roud 26; Child 11 The Cruel Brother)
- Handsome Shone The Dairymaid (Roud 592)
- Mild Marie (Roud 59; Child 91 Fair Mary of Wallington)
- Johnie of Hazelgreen (Roud 250; Child 293 John of Hazelgreen; G/D 5:1029)
- Yarrow Streams (Roud 5839)
- The Faithfu’ Sea Captain (Roud 997; Laws P32 A Gentleman of Exeter)
- Monie Kings, Monie Queins (Roud 15099)
- The Laird of the Daintie Bye (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488)
- The Lament of a Young Damsel for Her Marriage to a Young Boy (Roud 31; Laws O35 A-Growing; G/D 6:1222)
- Marie Hamilton (Roud 79; Child 173 Mary Hamilton; G/D 2:195)
- Hir Hands War Made o’ Willan Wands (Roud 5868; G/D 2:323)
- The Kye’s Gane to the Sillar Wode (Roud 15101)
- Helen an’ Edwin (Roud 15102)
- The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181, V28472; Laws K27)
- Quhan I Was A Wee Callan (Roud 13033; G/D 8:1688)
- The Beltrees Sang (Roud 911)
- Whar Sall Bonnie Annie Lye (Roud 15104)
- The Trajedie o Twa Bairns of Newark (Roud 9; Child 20 The Cruel Mother; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
- Lord Thomas and Lady Margeret (Roud 109; Child 260 Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret)
- Diana (Roud 271; Laws M31A William and Dinah; G/D 2:211)
- Tha Was a Wee Yow (Roud 13067)
- Fine Flowers in the Vale O (Roud 26; Child 11 The Cruel Brother)
- Johnie Scott (Roud 63; Child 99 Johnie Scot; G/D 5:1013; Henry H736)
- The Bows of London (Roud 8; Child 10 The Twa Sisters; G/D 2:213)
- The Burning o’ Lady Marjorie (Roud 45; Child 65 Lady Maisry)
- Black Waters o Dee (Roud 6057; G/D 3:617)
- Lying Atwein Twa (Roud 15105)
- Balou, My Boy, Lie Still and Sleip (Roud 2864; G/D 8:1560)
- Wee Broun Tappit Hen (Roud 9054; Henry H94)
- Cow the Nettle Airlie (Roud 13047; G/D 8:1656)
- The Wee Wyfie (Roud 1297; Opie 545)
- Ladie Beltrees and Her Bonnie Lads (Roud 15126)
- Ramillies (Roud 3860; G/D 7:1361)
- The Eastend Rocking (Roud 15106)
- The Millbank Rocking (Roud 15107)
- The Wee Weddin (Roud 15116)
- Robin o Rasheltree (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
- The Fadgel Hizzy (Roud 15108)
- Peggy Picken (Roud 506; G/D 7:1414)
- Locher Banks and Locher Braes (Roud 6843; G/D 6:1122)
- O Saw Ye Our Lass Bess (Roud 15110)
- Lieutenant Lang and Storie Bauld (Roud 15111)
- St Peter’s Fair (Roud 15112)
- Babitie Bowster (Roud 8722)
- There Livit an Auld Wife in Terwhiggin (Roud 15113)
- I Am a Bonnie Wee Lassie (Roud 15114)
- The Twa Brithers (Roud 38; Child 49)
- Baw Burdie (Roud 15115)
- My Bonnie Wee Cruidland Dou (Roud 10; Child 12 Lord Randal; G/D 2:209; Henry H814; Opie 44)
- Johnie Lad and His Braw Baiver (Roud 8257)
- Aitken Drum (Roud 2571; Opie 7)
- She Washes the Dishes Three Times a Day (Roud 15117)
- I’ve a Wee Dog That Barks at the Moon (Roud 15097)
- The Braes o Kiliecrankie (Roud 3874)
- Meg Steg (Roud 15096)
- Rise Up Gudewife (Roud 5887; G/D 3:639)
- Arise Gudewife (Roud 5887; G/D 3:639)
- O What a Parish (Roud 13081)
- Caw Hawkie (Roud 3159, 5945; G/D 3:428)
- O Quhar Are Ye Gaun, My Bonnie Wee Hielandman? (Roud 6962)
- I Ken Something I’ll No Tell (Roud 15526)
- Round, Round, Rosie (Roud 15524)
- Give Me a Prein (Roud 15525)
- I’ll Sing You a Song That’s No Very Long (Roud 15095; Opie 485)
- The Tod Wi the Twinkland Ee (Roud 92; Child 217 The Broom of Cowdenknows; G/D 4:838)
- Johnnie Scott (Roud 63; Child 99 Johnie Scot; G/D 5:1013; Henry H736)
- The Auld Man Armed Himself Wi a Sword (Roud 15527)
- The Weil Pay’t Dochter (Roud 277; Laws O17 Seventeen Come Sunday; G/D 4:791; Henry H152, H793)
- The Redbreast (Roud 3900; G/D 3:646; Henry H527)
- Grandawill (Roud 15529)
- Maggy She Has Daughters Twa (Roud 506; G/D 7:1414)
- Quasebe (Roud 15521)
- O’er the Water to Charly (Roud 729; G/D 1:135; Opie 96)
- Dance to Your Dady (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562; Opie 123)
- There Was a Piper Had a Cow (Roud 13046; G/D 8:1655; Opie 416)
- Sing a Song 0 Sixpence (Roud 13191; Opie 486)
- The Cat’s in the Well (Roud 12853; Opie 134)
- Cheitie Cheitie Bawdrons (Opie 428) (Roud 15094; Opie 428)
- I’ll Never, Never Marry the Blacksmith Lad
- Hame Came Our Gudeman (Roud 114; Child 274 Our Goodman; G/D 7:1460; Henry H21ab)
- The Deuks Dang Owr My Daddie (Roud 8948)
- The Braes o Yarrow (Roud 5838; G/D 2:216)
- Sarah McKellie (Roud 7218; G/D 7:1330)
- The Stealing of the King’s Deer (Roud 90; Child 209 Geordie; G/D 2:249)
- The Poor Widow (Roud 13181)
- Two Brethren Come From Spain (Roud 8251; G/D 8:1569)
- The Tansey (Roud 12970; G/D 8:1580)
- Hey Willie Wine (Roud 12968; G/D 8:1576)
- Ladie Calee (Roud 5032)
- Here We Go Up, Up (Roud 3648, Opie 288, 309)
- I Love the New Kirk (Roud 39297, Opie 73)
- Were Ye at the Fair? (Roud 15127)
Appendix
- The Ploughman’s Love to the Farmer’s Daughter (Roud 2636)
- Handsome Joan The Dairymaid (Roud 592)
- The Masking Rung (Roud 5868; G/D 2:323)
- The Miller’s Daughter (Roud 15105)
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Mary Macqueen’s Ballads
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Mary Macqueen’s Ballads Scottish Text Society STS 01 (cassette, UK, 1998) |
Jo Miller sings ten Child ballads collected by Andrew Crawfurd and William Motherwell, with tunes as noted by Andrew Blaikie in Paisley in 1826, from Mary Macqueen (Mrs. William Storrie, 1786-1854).
Musicians
Jo Miller: vocals
Tracks
The tracklist is from Bruce Olson in the Mudcat Café thread Some old Scots Child Ballads with tunes.
Side1
- Lord Bangwell’s Adventure (Roud 22; Child 5 Gil Brenton)
- Bob Norrice (Roud 53; Child 83C Child Maurice; G/D 2:214)
- William and the Young Colonel (Roud 56; Child 88 Young Johnstone; G/D 8:1929)
- Sir Hugh (Roud 73; Child 155)
- The Merry Lykewake (Roud 30; Child 25D Willie’s Lyke-Wake; G/D 4:843)
Side 2
- The Auld Wife in the Peat Creel (Roud 120; Child 281 The Keach i the Creel; G/D 2:317; Henry H201)
- The Laird of Ochiltree Walls (Roud 92; Child 217D The Broom of Cowdenknows; G/D 4:838)
- Lady Jean (Roud 39; Child 52 The King’s Dochter Lady Jean; G/D 7:1395)
- Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68 Young Hunting)
- The Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26)