Recordings & Info 180. King James and Brown
[There are no known recordings of this ballad.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Coffin
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 4009: King James and Brown (3 Listings)
Alternative Titles
King of Scots and Andrew Brown
Traditional Ballad Index: King James and Brown [Child 180]
NAME: King James and Brown [Child 180]
DESCRIPTION: Douglas comes to attack the King. The ruler is saved by Brown. Brown convinces the king to pardon Douglas; Douglas reacts by attacking Edinborough. Brown once again defeats the renegade Earl; for this and other services, King James makes him an earl
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: before 1750 (Percy folio)
KEYWORDS: royalty nobility fight rescue
HISTORICAL_REFERENCES: April 7, 1571 - hanging of James Hamilton, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, whom Child believes to the the Bishop of Saint Andrews whom Brown defeated
FOUND_IN:
REFERENCES: (3 citations)
Child 180, "King James and Brown" (1 text, with appendix "The King of Scots and Andrew Browne")
cf. Percy/Wheatley II, pp. 221-225, "King of Scots and Andrew Brown" (1 text, not from the folio manuscript even though the folio includes part of the piece; note that this is the piece Child puts in the appendix, not the main text, though both are from the Percy folio)
BarryEckstormSmyth p. 467, "King James and Brown" (notes plus a modified partial text from Child)
Roud #4009
Coffin: Traditional Ballads of North America
180. KING JAMES AND BROWN
Barry, Brit Bids Me, 467 reports that a Maine sea-captain recognized the ballad.