Recordings & Info 249. Auld Matrons
[There is one recording listed in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3915: (3 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Unknown
Traditional Ballad Index: Auld Matrons [Child 249]
DESCRIPTION: Willie comes courting at Annie's door; she assures him that Matrons (an old woman by the fire) can do nothing. But Matrons summons the sheriff, who comes to take Willie -- only to have Willie escape by calling on his brother John, a fantastic fighter
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE:
KEYWORDS: courting seduction nightvisit age police rescue
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (3 citations)
Child 249, "Auld Matrons" (1 text)
Leach, pp. 612-614, "Auld Matrons" (1 text)
DT 249, OLDMATRN
Roud #3915
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly" [Child 116]
NOTES: This seems to be either descended from or heavily influenced by the Robin Hood tradition, or specifically (in Child's view) "Adam Bell." One rather hopes it is the latter; the rescue by John, if anything, weakens the ballad. - RBW
Child Collection- Child Ballad 249: Auld Matrons
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
249 Ewan MacColl Auld Matrons Blood and Roses - Vol. 3 1982 4:51 Yes