Recordings & Info 193. The Death of Parcy Reed
[There is one known recording listed in the Child Collection (below)]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 335: The Death of Parcy Reed (13 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Parcy Reed
Song of Parcy Reed and the Three False Halls
Traditional Ballad Index:Death of Parcy Reed, The [Child 193]
NAME: Death of Parcy Reed, The [Child 193]
DESCRIPTION: Parcy Reed captures the raider Crosier. Crosier plans vengeance. When Reed goes hunting, the Halls find him asleep, disable his weapons, then awaken him but refuse to stand with him against the Crosiers. Reed is fatally injured. (He makes his farewells)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1846 (Richardson's Border's Table Book)
KEYWORDS: murder revenge trick betrayal outlaw borderballad
FOUND_IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES: (6 citations)
Child 193, "The Death of Parcy Reed" (2 texts)
Bronson 193, "The Death of Parcy Reed" (1 version)
Stokoe/Reay, pp. 49-51, "The Death of Parcy Reed" (1 text, 1 tune) {theoretically Bronson's #1, but in fact the two have substantial differences}
Leach, pp. 522-528, "The Death of Parcy Reed" (2 texts)
OBB 146, "The Death of Parcy Reed" (1 text)
DT, PRCYREED*
Roud #335
NOTES: For an extensive discussion of the origin of this battle (which does not appear to be about an actual person), see James Reed, "The Border Ballads," in Edward J. Cowan, editor, _The People's Past: Scottish Folk, Scottish History_ 1980 (I use the 1993 Polygon paperback edition), especially pp. 17-20. - RBW
Child Collection- Child Ballad 193: The Death of Parcy Reed
Child-- Artist-- Title-- Album-- Year-- Length-- Have
193 Graham Pirt The Death of Parcy Reed Fyre and Sworde - Songs of the Border Reivers 2000 6:11 Yes