Recordings & Info 266. John Thomson and the Turk
[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
3) ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 110: John Thomson and the Turk (9 Listings)
Alternative Titles
The Trooper and the Turk
Traditional Ballad Index: John Thomson and the Turk [Child 266]
DESCRIPTION: John Thomson is fighting the Turks when his wife appears. She then sets off and willingly joins the household of Violentrie. When Thomson learns she is missing, he finds her in the Turk's home. He attacks the Turk, burns his castle, and hangs his wife
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1801
KEYWORDS: love separation war fight foreigner punishment disguise trick
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber)) US(NE)
REFERENCES: (5 citations)
Child 266, "John Thomson and the Turk" (2 texts)
Bronson 266, "John Thomson and the Turk" (1 version)
Flanders/Olney, pp. 91-95, "The Trooper and the Turk" (1 text)
Flanders-Ancient4, pp. 45-49, "John Thomson and the Turk" (1 text)
DT 266, TROOPTRK
Roud #110
Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America
by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
266. JOHN THOMPSON AND THE TURK
See Vermont Historical Society, Proceedings, N. S., VII, 73 98.
Mr. Edward's family as "The Trooper and the Turk." In the Child Collection a Scottish form is known as "John Thompson and the Turk." The Northumberland version should be unique to scholars in that it ends differently than the Scottish one.
266. JOHN THOMSON AND THE TURK (Later edition- 1977)
Texts: Flanders, Ancient Bids, IV / Flanders, Bids Migrant NE, 91 / Vt Historical Society, Proceedings, N.S., VII, 73-98.
Local Titles: The Trooper and the Turk.
Story Types: A : John Thomson, away from home for three years fighting the Turks, is nostalgic, when he meets his true love who has followed him all the way from Scotland. Later, after they part, she mistakes her way and falls into the hands of [missing text]