Recordings & Info 231. The Earl of Errol
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CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 96: The Earl of Errol (31 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Lady Errol
Countess of Errol
Errol
Kate Carnagie
Traditional Ballad Index: Earl of Errol, The [Child 231]
DESCRIPTION: The Earl of Errol weds Kate Carnegie, perhaps for the sake of her large dowry. Kate complains that "Errol is no' a man." Errol disproves the charge by having an illegitimate child. Kate wishes to abandon him; he will not give up her dowry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1803 (Edinburgh Magazine)
KEYWORDS: marriage pregnancy infidelity
HISTORICAL_REFERENCES: 1658 - Wedding of Gilbert Hay, tenth earl of Errol, to Catherine Carnegie. The marriage was childless, and apparently unhappy (there was some sort of hearing in 1659), but lasted, at least officially, until Errol's death in 1674
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (6 citations)
Child 231, "The Earl of Errol" (6 texts)
Bronson 231, "The Earl of Errol" (6 versions)
GlenbuchatBallads, pp. 106-108, "Lord Errol" (1 text)
GreigDuncan7 1366, "Errol on the Green" (5 texts, 2 tunes)
DBuchan 38, "The Earl of Errol" (1 text)
Kinloch-BBook IX, pp. 31-36,"Earl of Errol" (1 text)
Roud #96
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Dundee, It's a Pretty Place" (floating lyrics)
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
Lady Errol
NOTES: (Missing)
Child Collection- Child Ballad 231: The Earl of Errol
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
231 Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick The Earl of Errol Saturday Johnny & Jimmy the Rat 2005 4:28 Yes
231 Battlefield Band The Earl of Errol Out for the Night 2004 4:11 Yes
231 Battlefield Band The Earl of Errol Battlefield Band - Boxed 2002-2009 2012 No
231 Bell Duncan The Earl of Errol The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
231 Dick Gaughan The Earl of Errol Kist O'Gold 1976 3:40 Yes
231 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The Earl of Errol Traditional Songs and Ballads - The Scottish Garland 1964 5:51 Yes
231 Isla St. Clair Earl of Errol Highland Songs 2004 3:55 Yes
231 Isla St. Clair Earl of Errol Royal Lovers & Scandals 2000 3:53 Yes
231 Isla St. Clair Earl of Errol Great Songs and Ballads of Scotland 2009 No
231 John Huband & Ron Kerr Medley - Durisdeer + Lord of the Dance + Earl of Errol Scottish Reflections Past and Present 1996 3:11 Yes
231 Kim Hughes The Earl of Errol Cattywampus 1998 3:36 Yes
231 Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright The Earl O Errol The Speaking Heart 2010 No
231 Seannachie The Earl of Errol The Devil's Delight 1992 3:22 Yes
231 Sheena Wellington The Earl of Errol Hamely Fare 2003 3:17 Yes