Recordings & Info 241. The Baron o Leys
[There are no known US or Canadian traditional versions of this ballad. There is one recording (see below).]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 343: The Baron o Leys (14 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Laird o' Leys
Linkin Laddie
The Barron o Leys
Traditional Ballad Index: Baron o Leys, The [Child 241]
DESCRIPTION: The Baron of Leys leaves his home for another country, where he gets a girl pregnant. She confronts him, demanding that he marry her, pay her a fee, or lose his head. Since he is married, he perforce pays her what she asks (ten thousand pounds?)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1803 (Skene ms.)
KEYWORDS: sex pregnancy punishment
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (4 citations)
Child 241, "The Baron o Leys" (3 texts)
GreigDuncan7 1491, "The Baron o' Leys" (6 texts including three verses for one version and one verse for another on p. 537, 1 tune) {Bronson's #2}
Bronson 241, "The Baron o Leys" (2 versions)
Kinloch-BBook XXIII, pp. 74-76, "Laird o' Leys" (1 text)
Roud #343
Child Collection Index- Child Ballad 241: The Baron o Leys
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
241 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The Baron O' Leys Traditional Songs and Ballads - The Scottish Garland 1964 2:20 Yes