Recordings & Info 73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
[Bronson states that this ballad is second most popular ballad with Barbara Allen being the first. There are 746 versions listed in the Roud Index (attached to this page).]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Folk Index
4) Child Collection Index
5) 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
6) Wiki
7) Mainly Norfolk (lyrics and info)
8) Bronson excerpt
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud Number 4: 746 Listings
Alternative Titles
Sweet Willie and Fair Annie
Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor
Lord Thomas
The Brown Girl
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen
Thomas and Ellen
The Nut-Brown Maid
Fair Eleanor (Ellender, etc., eta),
Fair Ellen
Fair Eleanor and the Brown Girl
Fy Ellinore,
Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl
Lord Thomas's Wedding
The Legend of Fair Eleanor and the Brown Girl
The Brown Bride
The Three Lovers
The Three True Lovers
Lord Thomas and Fair Annie
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen
Lord Thomas and Fair Elinda
Lord Robert and Fair Annie
Lord Robert and Fair Ellinor
Lord Robert and Fair Eleanor
Lord Robert and Fair Ellen
Lord Robert and Fair Elinda
Lord Thomas and Linda
Fair Helen
Fair Ellinder
Little Eleanor
The Nut-Brown Bride
Sweet William and Fair Annie,
Lord Thomas's Wedding
The Three Lovers or The True Lovers.
Traditional Ballad Index: Lord Thomas and Fair Annet [Child 73]
DESCRIPTION: (Lord Thomas) asks his mother to help him decide between (Fair Annet) and the "Brown Girl." The mother prefers the wealthy Brown Girl. Thomas consents, inviting Annet to the wedding, where the jealous brown girl stabs her; (Thomas kills her and himself)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1677 (broadside, Bodleian Douce Ballads 1(120b))
KEYWORDS: marriage poverty death courting jealousy murder suicide wedding
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord),England(All)) US(Ap,MA,MW,NE,Ro,SE,So) Canada(Mar,Newf) Ireland
REFERENCES (65 citations):
Child 73, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (10 texts)
Bronson 73, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (147 versions+4 in addenda, though 2 versions are relegated to an appendix for no evident reason; many of the other texts are also fragmentary and might belong elsewhere)
Greig #124, pp. 1-2, "Sweet Willie and Fair Annie"; Greig #108, pp. 1-2, "Sweet Willie and Fair Annie" (2 texts plus 1 fragment) GreigDuncan2 212, "Sweet Willie and Fair Annie" (5 texts, 3 tunes) {A=Bronson's #142, C=#129}
Lyle-Crawfurd1 48, "The Nut-Brown Bride" (1 text)
Lyle-Crawfurd2 112, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" (1 text)
Broadwood/Maitland, pp. 42-43, "Lord Thomas" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wiltshire-WSRO Gl 165, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor"; Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 623, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" (1 text plus1 fragment)
Leather, pp. 200-202, "Lord Thomas and Fair Elinor" (1 slightly composite text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #39}
Williams-Thames, pp. 135-137, "Fair Eleanor and the Brown Maid" (1 text) (also Wiltshire-WSRO Gl 132, "Fair Eleanor and the Brown Girl")
BarryEckstormSmyth pp. 128-134, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" (2 texts plus 1 fragment, 1 tune) {Bronson's #110}
Percy/Wheatley III, pp. 82-85, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor"; pp. 234-238, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (2 texts)
Belden, pp. 37-48, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (3 full texts, fragments of 4 others, 1 tune, and listing of 5 unprinted versions) {Bronson's #109}
Randolph 15, "The Brown Girl" (8 texts plus 2 fragments, 5 tunes) {A=Bronson's #51, F=#147, G=#4, H=#124, J=#26}
Randolph/Cohen, pp. 31-34, "The Brown Girl" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 15H) {Bronson's #124}
Eddy 11, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (2 texts plus 2 fragments, 1 tune) {Bronson's #140}
Flanders/Brown, pp. 209-213, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #97}
Flanders-Ancient2, pp. 89-121, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (10 texts plus two fragments, 8 tunes) {A=Bronson's #97, F=#98}
Gardner/Chickering 4, "Lord Thomas" (1 text plus an excerpt, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #54, #100}
Davis-Ballads 18, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (17 texts plus a fragment, 7 tunes entitled "Lord Thomas and Fair Elenor," "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor," "Fair Ellen," "Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl," "The Brown Girl, or Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender," "Lord Thomas and Fair Elinor," "Fair Ellender, or Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor"; 17 more versions mentioned in Appendix A) {Bronson's #31, #81, #120, #36, #37, #60, #144}
Davis-More 18, pp. 123-137, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (6 texts plus some excerpts, 5 tunes)
BrownII 19, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (4 texts plus 6 excerpts and mention of 4 more)
Chappell-FSRA 9, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen" (1 text)
Hudson 10, pp. 78-87, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (5 texts)
Fuson, pp. 49-51, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendar" (1 text)
Cambiaire, pp. 34-36, "Lord Thomas"; pp. 115-116, "The Brown Girl" (2 texts)
MHenry-Appalachians, pp. 41-44, "The Brown Girl" (1 text)
Boswell/Wolfe 2, pp. 4-7, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rosenbaum, pp. 62-63, "Lord Thomas" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 105-114, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet," with individual titles "The Brown Girl," "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen," "Lord Thomas,"Lord Thomas," "Fair Ellender," "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendar" (5 texts plus a fragment; the "A" text has lost the ending; 4 tunes on pp. 391-393) {Bronson's #74, #14, #73, #57}
Brewster 10, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (6 text plus 2 fragments)
SharpAp 19 "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (8 texts plus 20 fragments, 31 tunes){Sharp's A=Bronson's #103, Aa=#38, B=#,122 Bb=#35, C=#104, Cc=#32, D=#102, Dd=#6, E=#5, Ee=#71, F=#43, G=#101, H=#60, I=#96, J=#117, K=#119, L=#15, M=#145, N=#134, O=#133, P=#3, Q=#42, R=#127, S=#130, T=#46, U=#47, V=#72, W=#88, X=#89, Y=#92, Z=#91}
Sharp-100E 28, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #99}
Creighton/Senior, pp. 40-41, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #136}
Creighton-Maritime, pp. 9-10, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (1 text, 1 tune)
Creighton-NovaScotia 4, "Lord Thomas and Fair Elinor" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #34}
Greenleaf/Mansfield 8, "Lord Thomas" (1 text)
Peacock, pp. 617-619, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (1 text, 2 tunes)
Mackenzie 6, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (1 text); "Lord Thomas" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #128}
Leach, pp. 239-246, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (3 texts plus a translated Danish text)
OBB 54, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
Friedman, p. 84, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
Wyman-Brockway II, p. 14, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendor (or, The Brown Bride)" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #132}
Warner 140, "Lord Thomas" (1 text+1 fragment, 2 tunes)
PBB 39, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
McNeil-SFB1, pp. 137-139, "Three Lovers" (1 text, 1 tune)
Niles 28, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (4 texts, 3 tunes)
Gummere, pp. 231-235+353, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
Sharp/Karpeles-80E 15, "Lord Thomas and Fair Elinore" (1 text, 1 tune -- a composite version) {Bronson's #145}
Sandburg, pp. 156-157, "The Brown Girl or Fair Eleanor" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #85}
Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, pp. 62-63, "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #76}
Ritchie-SingFam, pp. 17-20, "[Fair Ellender]" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #126; note that the tune is slightly different, and the text noticeably different, from the Ritchie-Southern version}
Ritchie-Southern, pp. 60-61, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" (1 text, 1 tune) {note that the tune is slightly different, and the text noticeably different, from the Ritchie-SingFam version}
Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 57, "Lord Thomas" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hodgart, p. 122, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
LPound-ABS, 12, pp. 27-31, "Lord Thomas" (1 text)
JHCox 10, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (9 texts plus mention of 2 more)
TBB 15, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
HarvClass-EP1, pp. 61-65, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" (1 text)
Abrahams/Foss, pp. 46-47, "Three Lovers" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 222, "Fair Ellender" (1 text)
BBI, ZN173, "Amongst the Forresters of old"; ZN1719, "Lord Thomas he was a bold Forrester"
DT 73, BROWNGRL BRWNGRL2*
ADDITIONAL: Charlotte Sophia Burne, editor, Shropshire Folk-Lore (London, 1883 ("Digitized by Google")), pp. 545-546,651, "Lord Thomas" (1 text, 1 tune)
[Ambrose Phillips?,] A Collection of Old Ballads, (London, 1723 ("Digitized by Google")), Vol I, #35 pp. 249-251, "A Tragical Ballad on the unfortunate Love of Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor, together with the Downfal of the Brown Girl" (1 text)
Roud #4
RECORDINGS:
Horton Barker, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendar" (AAFS 33) {Bronson's #21, but as "The Brown Girl"}; "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" (on Barker01)
James Decker, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only]
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annie" (on SCMacCollSeeger01)
Jessie Murray, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet)" (on FSB4, FSBBAL1)
Jean Ritchie, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" (on JRitchie01) {cf. Bronson's #126}
Ritchie Family, "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" (on Ritchie03) {cf. Bronson's #126}
Mike Seeger, "Lord Thomas" (on MSeeger01)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Douce Ballads 1(120b), "A Tragical Story of lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor" ("Lord Thomas he was a bold forrester"), F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright and J. Clarke (London), 1677; also Douce Ballads 3(58b), "A Tragical Ballad on the Unfortunate Love of Ld Thomas and Fair Eleanor"; Harding B 3(93), Douce Ballads 4(36), Harding B 3(94), Harding B 3(91), Harding B 3(92), Johnson Ballads 385, Johnson Ballads 386, Harding B 11(2208), "A Tragical Ballad of the Unfortunate Love's of Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor"; Harding B 11(2209), 2806 c.16(298), Harding B 37(38), "Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Thomas o Yonderdale" [Child 253] (plot)
cf. "The Hunting of the Cheviot" [Child 162] (tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen
Thomas and Ellen
The Nut-Brown Maid
NOTES: According to Bertrand Bronson, this is second only to Barbara Allen in popularity among the Child ballads. He notes that the Scottish tunes, though they are few, seem related to "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight," also among the most popular of the ballads.
Grieg/Keith see this as much the same ballad as Child #74, and Bronson sees similarities in the tunes, but concludes that the melodies, like the texts, justify separating them. - RBW
[Lloyd dates this to no later than the] late 17th century (broadside in reign of Charles II).
[Silber & Silber mis-identify] this as Child 295, which is actually "Brown Girl (I)." - PJS
The broadside Lloyd mentions appears to be mentioned also by Belden; he believes that it is the ancestor of all American versions, plus most recent British versions. But he believes the original was Scottish, and preceded the broadside. - RBW
A number of the Bodleian broadsides have as subtitle "with the downfall of the brown girl."
re A Collection of Old Ballads Vol I/II/III: Ambrose Philips, whose name does not appear in the Google Books copy is, according to Google Books, the editor. The New York Public Library catalog says "Compilation usually attributed to Ambrose Philips" - BS
Folk Index: Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/Ellen [Ch 73/Sh 19/Me I-A 6]
Rt - Thomas and Ellen ; Brown Girl and Fair Ellen/Eleanor
At - Lord Thomas and Annet/Annie
Rm - Roving Heckler Lad
Kidson, Frank (ed.) / Traditional Tunes. A Collection of Ballad Airs, S.R. Publishers, Bk (1970/1891), p 41 [1880s]
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p239
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p242
Agee, Molly. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p129/# 19Aa [1918/07/24]
Barker, Horton. Anglo American Ballads, Vol. 2, Rounder 1516, CD (1999), trk# 6 [1939/04]
Bennett, Virginia. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p130/# 19Dd [1918/09/13]
Berry, Elizabeth M.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p128/# 19W [1918/05/20]
Blankenship, Mary. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p131/# 19Ee [1918/10/05]
Boggs, Mrs. I. B.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 52/# 10D [1917/02] (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Bowyer, Molly E.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p128/# 19Z [1918/06/10]
Bronley, Pearl. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 48/# 10B [1916/08/02] (Fair Ellender and the Brown Girl)
Campbell, Kate. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p120/# 19H [1916/09/21]
Carthy, Martin; and Dave Swarbrick. Straws in the Wind, Topic TSCD 556, CD (2006), trk# 13
Chisholm, Mrs. Ef.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p130/# 19Cc [1918/10/03]
Collier, Evelyn. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p106,391 [1930] (Brown Girl IV)
Cowan, Debra; and Acie Cargill. Songs and Ballads of Hattie Mae Tyler Cargill, Folk Legacy CD 128, CD (2001), trk# 13
Crane, Addy. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p119/# 19F [1916/08/31]
Dame, Isabel A. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p121/# 19K [1914]
Davis, Lowery. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p270/#157C [1934-39]
Devlin, Jennie Hess. Newman, Katharine D. / Never Without a Song, U. Illinois, Sof (1995), p117 [1937ca] (Lord Arnold's Daughter)
Dodd, Margaret Jack. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p127/# 19U [1918/05/24]
Donald, Laura. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p127/# 19V [1918/06/06]
Dooley, Hiram. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p128/# 19X [1918/06/02]
Fleming, Caroline. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 60/# 10H [1917/05] (Brown Girl IV)
Gentry, Jane Hicks. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p119/# 19E [1916/08/24]
Gentry, Jane Hicks. Smith, Betty N. / Jane Hicks Gentry. A Singer Among Singers, U. Ky, Sof (1998), p146/# 9 [1916/08/24]
Gibson, Addie. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p107,391 [1930] Gregory, Martha Corwin. Wolfe, Charles K.(ed.) / Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee. George Boswell, Univ. Tennesse, Sof (1997), p 4/# 2 [1949/07/14]
Grey, Rhoda. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p128/# 19Y [1918/06/08]
Hensley, Rosie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p118/# 19C [1916/08/08]
House, Hester. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p115/# 19A [1916/09/14]
Hunt, Mrs. E. A.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 54/# 10E [1916/02/21]
Iron Mountain String Band (Calif.). Someday We'll Meet Again, Folkways FA 3836, LP (1981), trk# B.03
Ives, Burl. Ives, Burl / Burl Ives Song Book, Ballantine Books, Bk (1953), p 62
Jensen, Elisabeth. Hubbard, Lester A. / Ballads and Songs from Utah, Univ. of Utah, Bk (1961), p 16/# 7 [1947/09/02]
Jones, Cis. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p125/# 19P [1917/08/14]
Kennison, Josiah S.. Flanders, Helen H. & George Brown / Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Folklore Associates, Bk (1968/1931), p209 [1930/08/23]
Long, Maud Gentry. Smith, Betty N. / Jane Hicks Gentry. A Singer Among Singers, U. Ky, Sof (1998), p148/# 9A [1944/10/27]
MacColl, Ewan. Classic Scots Ballads, Tradition TLP 1015, LP (1959), trk# B.07 (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet/Annie)
Maddox, Ada. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p127/# 19T [1918/05/03]
Maypother, Bertha. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p150/N 28B [1933/07]
McAtee, Nancy McDonald. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 58/# 10G [1917] (Fair Ellenger)
McCourt, Miss Snoah. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 50/# 10C [1916/05/16] (Fair Ellender and the Brown Girl)
McNab, Mrs. William. Creighton, Helen / Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, Dover, sof (1996/1933), p 8/# 4 [1927-32]
Moore, Della. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p121/# 19J [1910ca]
Moore, Mrs.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p116/# 19B [1909/05/02]
Moseley, Abby. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p124/# 19O [1917/05/24]
Murray, Jessie. Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 4. The Child Ballads, I, Caedmon TC 1145, LP (1961), trk# B.04 [1950s]
Parsons, Alice. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p122/# 19L [1917/04/27]
Philo Glee & Mandolin Society. Philo Glee & Mandolin Society, Campus Folksong Club CFC 101, LP (1962), trk# A.08
Pine Mountain Settlement School Children. Wells, Evelyn Kendrick (ed.) / The Ballad Tree, Ronald, Bk (1950), p106 [1916] (Brown Girl IV)
Pogue, Christine Brown. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p153/N 28C [1930s]
Pond, Mrs.. Williams, R. Vaughan; & A. L. Lloyd (eds.) / Penguin Book of English Fol, Penguin, Sof (1959), p 62 [1904]
Pope, Minnie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p125/# 19R [1917/05/01]
Ritchie Family. Ritchie Family of Kentucky, Folkways FA 2316, LP (1959), trk# A.01b
Ritchie, Jean. Best of Jean Ritchie, Prestige International INT 13003, LP (196?), trk# 17
Ritchie, Jean. British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains (Vol. 1), Folkways FA 2301, LP (1961), trk# 6
Roberts, Mrs. Willie. Sharp, Cecil & Maude Karpeles (eds.) / Eighty English Folk Songs from th, MIT Press, Sof (1968), p 36 [1917ca]
Roberts, Mrs. Willie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p124/# 19M [1918/05/23]
Sands, Mary. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p121/# 19I [1916/08/05]
Seeger, Peggy. Seeger, Peggy / Five String Banjo American Folk Styles, Hargail, sof (1960), p40/#15
Seeger, Peggy and Mike. Third Annual Farewell Reunion, Rounder 0313, CD (1994), trk# 16
Shelton, Mandy. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p119/# 19D [1916/08/11]
Shelton, Mrs. Noah. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p120/# 19G [1916/07/29]
Sloan, Alice. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p126/# 19S [1917/10/03]
Sloan, Sudie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p125/# 19Q [1917/05/07]
Smith, Hannah (Granny Hannah). Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p147/N 28A [1936/02/26]
Snipes, Emily Josephine. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p129/# 19Bb [1918/09/05]
Stamper, Marthy/Martha. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p124/# 19N [1917/09/18]
Stone, Deborah. Tolman, Albert H. / Some Songs Traditional in the United States, Amer. Folklore Soc. JAF, Bk (1916), p159 [1897]
Summers, Andrew Rowan. Andrew Rowan Summers, Folkways FA 2348, LP (1957), trk# B.04
Trivett, Joseph Able (Abe). Joseph Able Trivett, Folk Legacy FSA 002, LP (1962), trk# 2 [1961/09]
Urice, Bertha. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 46/# 10A [1916/07/16] (Brown Girl IV)
Lord Thomas [Ch 73/Sh 19/Me I-A 6]
At - Lord Thomas and Fair Annet/Annie
Friedman, Albert B. (ed.) / Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-S, Viking, sof (1963/1957), p 84 (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet/Annie)
Johnson, James & Robert Burns (eds) / Scots Musical Museum, Amadeus, Bk (1991/1853), #535 [1803] (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet/Annie)
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p244 (Brown Girl IV)
Cole, Viola. McNeil, W. K. (ed.) / Southern Folk Ballads, Vol 1, August House, Sof (1987), p137 [1962] (Three Lovers)
Cole, Viola. Abrahams, Roger; & George Foss / Anglo-American Folksong Style, Prentice-Hall, Sof (1968), 3-4 [1962] (Three Lovers)
Freeman, Dortha (Dorothy). Ozark Folksongs, Rounder 1108, CD (2001), trk# 32 [1941/12/13]
Freeman, Dortha (Dorothy). Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p106/# 15J [1941/12/14]
Gladden, Texas. Ballad Legacy, Rounder 1800, CD (2001/1941), trk# 15 [1941/08]
Grimm, Grandfather. Pound, Louise (ed.) / American Ballads and Songs, Scribner, Sof (1972/1922), p 27/# 12 [1913]
McClellan, Mrs. C. S.. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p267/#157B [1934-39]
McNeil, Kada. Carolina Sampler, Global Village C 312, Cas (1992), trk# 13 [1980s]
Miller, Mrs.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 56/# 10F [1916/06/24]
Morris, Polly. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p109,392 [1930]
New Lost City Ramblers. Cohen, John, Mike Seeger & Hally Wood / Old Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1976/1964), p 57
Seeger, Mike. Old Time Country Music, Folkways FA 2325, LP (196?), trk# 4
Stockton, Geraldine. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p265/#157A [1934-39]
Taylor, Minnie. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 62/# 10I [1917/07]
Thacker, Maude. Rosenbaum, Art (ed.) / Folk Visions & Voices. Traditional Music & So...., Univ. of Georgia, Bk (1983), p 62 [1980/08/23]
Tillet, Dick. Carolina Sampler, Global Village C 312, Cas (1992), trk# 2 [1974-1984ca]
White, Everett. Folksongs and Ballads, Vol 1. Everett White, Augusta Heritage AHR 007, Cas (1991), trk# 1.02 (Brown Girl IV)
The Brown Girl and Fair Ellen/Eleanor [Ch 73/Sh 19/Me I-A 6]
Rt - Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/Ellen
Sandburg, Carl (ed.) / American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p156 (Brown Girl or Fair Eleanor)
Baber, Carrie. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 97/# 15D [1924/06/07] (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Bethel, Mrs. M. P.. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 94/# 15A [1930/10/01] (Brown Girl IV)
Bullard, Linnie. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 97/# 15C [1927/05/21] (Brown Girl IV)
Garcia, Jerry; and David Grisman. Shady Grove, Acoustic Disc ACD 21, CD (1996), trk# 6 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Hastings, Mrs. George. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 99/# 15F [1941/12/16] (Brown Girl IV)
Huddleston, Lela. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey (ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 51/# 18 [1940s] (Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl)
Jones, Grandpa. Folk Music in America, Vol. 9, Songs of Death & Tragedy, Library of Congress LBC 09, LP (1978), trk# A.07 [1973/05/18]
Jones, Grandpa. What's for Supper?, Monument KZ 32939, LP (1973), trk# 8
Lambert, Walter. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p112,393 [1930] (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Laughlin, Rosa. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 95/# 15B [1928/01/11] (Lord Thomas and the Brown
McCord, May Kennedy. Owens, William A. (ed.) / Texas Folk Songs. 2nd edition, SMU Press, Bk (1976/1950), p 17 [1939] (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
McCord, May Kennedy. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p103/# 15I [1941/10/21]
McDonald, Reba and Wilma. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p100/# 15G [1941/10/06]
Morris, Lucile. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 98/# 15E [1935/01/10]
Ritchie, Jean. Ritchie, Jean / Singing Family of the Cumberlands, Oak, sof (1955), p 17 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Seeger, Mike. Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival 1959-60. Vol 1, Folkways FA 2431, LP (1961), trk# 6 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Seeger, Mike. Sing Out Reprints, Sing Out, Sof, 4, p60 (1962) (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Seeger, Mike. Asch, Moses (ed.) / 124 Folk Songs as Sung and Recorded on Folkways Reco, Robbins, fol (1965), p 40 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Seeger, Mike. Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Hootenanny Tonight!, Gold Medal Books, sof (1964), p157 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Seeger, Peggy and Mike. Raim, Ethel and Josh Duncan (eds.) / Grass Roots Harmony, Oak, Sof (1968), p64 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Short, Lillian. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p101/# 15H [1941/10/15]
Stanley, Peter; and Rodney Bryan. McKinley Called, Talkeetna 25007, CD (1999/1986), trk# 11 [1980s?] (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
Toelken, J. Barre. National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Folk Music Festival. 1964, NOTFC 64, CD (1964), trk# 24 (Fair Ellen/Ellender)
West, Hedy. Hedy West, Vanguard VRS 9124, LP (1963), trk# 8
The Brown Girl II [Laws P 9/Sh 44]
Uf - Fair Sally
The Brown Girl III [Laws O 2]
Uf - Banks of the Bann I
The Brown Girl IV [Ch 73/Sh 19/Me I-A 6]
Uf - Lord Thomas ; Brown Girl and Fair Ellen/Eleanor
Brown Girl or Fair Eleanor [Ch 73/Me I-A 6]
Us - Brown Girl and Fair Ellen/Eleanor
Thomas and Ellen [Ch 73]
Rt - Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/Ellen
Turner, Clara. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p154/N 28D [1930s]
Child Ballad Collection- Child Ballad 073: Lord Thomas and Annet
Child #--- Artist--- Title-- Album--- Year--- Length--- Have Recording
073 A.L. Lloyd Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Vol. 8 [Reissue] 196? 5:47 Yes
073 A.L. Lloyd Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Vol. 4 1956 No
073 A.L. Lloyd Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Bramble Briars & Beams of the Sun 2011 No
073 Alexander Clark Lord Thomas and Fair Annet The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
073 Andrew King Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor The Amfortas Wound 2004 10:23 Yes
073 Andrew Rowan Summers Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Andrew Rowan Summers 1957 10:10 Yes
073 Anna Fiske Hough Lord Thomas (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Anna Fiske Hough Lord Thomas (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Aunt Molly Jackson Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (1) The Mary Elizabeth Barnicle-Tillman Cadle Collection No
073 Aunt Molly Jackson Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (2) The Mary Elizabeth Barnicle-Tillman Cadle Collection No
073 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Bell Duncan Lord Thomas The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
073 Bell Duncan Lord Thomas and Fair Annet The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
073 Beulah Greer The Brown Girl (1) Ben Gray Lumpkin Digital Folk Music Collection 1950-1970 2:20 Yes
073 Beulah Greer The Brown Girl (2) Ben Gray Lumpkin Digital Folk Music Collection 1950-1970 2:23 Yes
073 Bob Copper Lord Thomas Sweet Rose in June - Countryside Songs from the South 1977 6:00 Yes
073 Bob Copper Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Come All You Bold Britons - the Copper Family - 1 1983 No
073 Bobby McMillon Lord Thomas Live at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 1982-1997 6:10 Yes
073 Carlos Gallimore & Mrs. Crockett Ward Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Caroline Hughes Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Voice of the People, Vol. 22: I'm a Romany Ray - Songs by Southern English Gypsy Traditional Singers 2012 No
073 Carolyne Hughes Lord Thomas & Fair Ellen Blackdog & Sheepcrook 1975 No
073 Cas Wallin Fair Ellender and Lord Thomas Far in the Mountains, Vol. 3 & 4 - Songs, Tunes and Stories from Mike Yates' Appalachian Collections 1979-1983 2002 5:26 Yes
073 Cas Wallin Fair Ellender and Lord Thomas Crazy About a Song - Old-Time Ballad Singers and Musicians from Virginia and North Carolina 1992 No
073 Chairs Lord Thomas & Fair Ellender Musical Chairs 2006 5:06 Yes
073 Chapel Wallin Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Live in Tateville, KY, USA, 1982 1982 5:16 Yes
073 Charlie Wills Lord Thomas Up to the Rigs - Dorset Shepherd Singer 1975 No
073 Charlie Wills Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor BBC Recordings No
073 Colin Thompson Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Three Knights 1980 3:08 Yes
073 Crackerhash Fair Annie The Elfin Knight 1976 8:49 Yes
073 Cynthia Gooding Lord Thomas Folk Festival 196? No
073 Dan Dutton Thomas and Ellender A Murder of Crows 2004 7:15 Yes
073 Debra Cowan, Acie Cargill & Susan Brown Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Songs and Ballads of Hattie Mae Tyler Cargill 2001 4:31 Yes
073 Dick Tillet Lord Thomas North Carolina Sampler - Anglo-American Vocal Music from North Carolina 1992 No
073 Doug Wallin Fair Eleanor and Lord Thomas Far in the Mountains, Vol. 3 & 4 - Songs, Tunes and Stories from Mike Yates' Appalachian Collections 1979-1983 2002 2:27 Yes
073 Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration Lord Thomas Fly Not Yet 2008 5:51 Yes
073 Ellen Rettie Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
073 Esther Bryant Frazier Fair Eleanor Singing About It - Folk Song in Southern Indiana By George List - Accompanying Cassette 1991 No
073 Everett White The Brown Girl Folksongs and Ballads, Vol 1 1991 No
073 Ewan MacColl Lord Thomas and Fair Annie [Scots] The Long Harvest, Vol. 10 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1968 5:51 Yes
073 Ewan MacColl Sweet Willie and Fair Annie [Scots] The Long Harvest, Vol. 10 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1968 4:01 Yes
073 Ewan MacColl The Brown Girl - Lord Thomas and Fair Annet The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads) - Vol. 1 1961 6:29 Yes
073 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Lord Thomas and Fair Annie Classic Scots Ballads 1997 5:40 Yes
073 Finley Adams Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Frank Proffitt Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Lord Thomas - Frank Proffitt - 2 1987 No
073 Fred Ballard Lord Thomas The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 George Edwards Lord Thomas The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 George Vinton Graham Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 George Vinton Graham Lord Thomas California Gold - Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected By Sidney Robertson Cowell 193? 3:06 Yes
073 Grandpa Jones Brown Girl and Fair Eleanor Everybody's Grandpa 1997 4:38 Yes
073 Grandpa Jones The Brown Girl and Fair Eleanor Folk Music in America, Vol. 9, Songs of Death & Tragedy 1976 No
073 Hanford Hayes Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Hanford Hayes Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Hanford Hayes Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (3) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Hanford Hayes Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (4) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Hedy West The Brown Girl Hedy West Accompanying Herself on the 5-String Banjo + Hedy West, Vol. 2 1963 5:16 Yes
073 Hedy West The Brown Girl American Folk Singers and Balladeers - The Classics Record Library 1964 5:10 Yes
073 Henry Ashford Lord Thomas The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Hermes Nye Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor Ballads Reliques - Early English Ballads from the Percy and Child Collections 1957 2:45 Yes
073 Holly Tannen Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Dulcimer Players 1978 8:25 Yes
073 Horton Barker Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Horton Barker Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Traditional Singer 1962 4:16 Yes
073 Horton Barker Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Library of Congress - Archive of Folk Culture: Anglo-American Ballads, Vol. 2 1999 4:18 Yes
073 Iron Mountain String Band Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Someday We'll Meet Again - Old Time Music of the Southern Mountains 1981 6:13 Yes
073 James Findlay Lord Thomas & Fair Ellenor As I Carelessly Did Stray 2009 No
073 J.C. Kennison Lord Thomas and Fair Ellener The Library of Congress No
073 Jean Ritchie Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains - Child Ballads, Vol 1 1961 5:30 Yes
073 Jean Ritchie Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition 2003 5:29 Yes
073 Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Fair Ellender Shady Grove 1996 6:07 Yes
073 Jessie Murrary + Willie Edward Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen Scottish Tradition 5: The Muckle Sangs - Classic Scottish Ballads 1992 5:21 Yes
073 Jessie Murray Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen 1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh 2006 No
073 Jessie Murray Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 4: The Child Ballads 1 1961 1:34 Yes
073 Jessie Murray Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) Classic Ballads of Britain & Ireland - Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, Vol 1 2000 2:43 Yes
073 Jessie Murray The Brown Girl The Elfin Knight - The Classic Ballads 1 1976 No
073 Jim Copper The Bold Forester BBC Recordings No
073 Jim Eldon The Three Lovers I Wish There Was No Prisons 1984 No
073 Jim Howie Fair Ellender Gooseberry Pie and Other Old-Time Delights 1975 4:59 Yes
073 Jimmy (Driftwood) Morris Fair Analee The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 4:22 Yes
073 Jonathan Moses Brown Girl The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Joseph Able Trivett Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Joseph Able Trivett of Butler, Tennessee 1962 No
073 Josiah Kennison Lord Thomas The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Josiah Kennison Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Josiah Kennison Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Josiah Kennison Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (3) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Judy Cook The Dun Brown Bride If You Sing Songs .. - Unaccompanied Songs & Ballads 1998 4:30 Yes
073 Julia Friend The Brown Girl (Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads - Digital Child Companion CD 2003 2:52 Yes
073 Kada McNeil Lord Thomas North Carolina Sampler - Anglo-American Vocal Music from North Carolina 1992 No
073 Lily May Ledford The Brown Girl Gems: Lily May Ledford - Rare Concert and Studio Recordings, 1968-1983 2000 No
073 Lola Caldwell Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Malinky Sweet Willie and Fair Annie Flower & Iron 2008 7:35 Yes
073 Mance Lipscomb Lord Thomas You Got to Reap What You Sow - Texas Songster Vol. 2 1993 1:40 Yes
073 Martha Martin The Brown Girl Ben Gray Lumpkin Digital Folk Music Collection 1950-1970 1:00 Yes
073 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Straws in the Wind 2006 5:52 Yes
073 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007 2007 5:52 Yes
073 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 29th September 2011 2011 6:52 Yes
073 Martin Simpson Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender True Stories 2009 6:54 Yes
073 Mary Humphreys & Anahata Lord Thomas & Fair Eleanor Fenlandia 2006 No
073 Mary Lozier Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (The Brown Girl) The Barbara Kunkle Collection 1973 6:05 Yes
073 May Kennedy McCord Brown Girl The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 5:53 Yes
073 May Kennedy McCord The Brown Girl The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 6:20 Yes
073 Michael Raven & Joan Mills Lord Thomas The Reynardine Tapes 1995 No
073 Mike Preston & Mike Fenton Lord Thomas and Fair Elanor As I Walked Out - English Folk Songs from the Southern Apalachians 2005 No
073 Mike Seeger Fair Ellender The Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival 1959-60, Vol. 1 1961 No
073 Mike Seeger Lord Thomas Old Time Country Music 1962 3:37 Yes
073 Mike Seeger Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Third Annual Farewell Reunion 1994 4:48 Yes
073 Miss Littrell Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection No
073 Moira Cameron Brown Girl Lilies Among the Bushes 1997 No
073 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Pipkin Brown Girl Voices from the Dust Bowl 1940-1941 5:08 Yes
073 Mrs. Alice Robie Brown Girl The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Mrs. Ben Daugherty The Brown Girl (1) The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folksongs 4:39 Yes
073 Mrs. Ben Daugherty The Brown Girl (2) The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folksongs 3:32 Yes
073 Mrs. Ben Daugherty The Brown Girl and Fair Ellenter The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folksongs
3:36 Yes
073 Mrs. C.A. Griffin Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. C.S. MacClellan Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Carrie Walker Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Dortha Freman Lord Thomas Ozark Folksongs 2001 3:48 Yes
073 Mrs. Esco Kilgore Fair Ellender The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Esther Bryant Frazier Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. G.A. Griffin Sweet Willie and Fair Ellender The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Julia Grogan Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Laura McDonald The Brown Girl The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 3:48 Yes
073 Mrs. Mary Fuller Cain Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Maude Clevenger Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Minnie Floyd Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Norma Kisner The Brown Girl The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 8:01 Yes
073 Mrs. O.C. Davis The Brown Girl Voices from the Dust Bowl 1940-1941 3:18 Yes
073 Mrs. Pearl Brewer Lord Thomas The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 5:23 Yes
073 Mrs. Polly Johnson Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Ruth Cullipher & Angie Clark Fair Eleanor The Library of Congress No
073 Mrs. Sabra Bare Hampton Lord Thomas The Library of Congress No
073 Naomi Bedford Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendor Tales from the Weeping Willow - Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow 2011 6:04 Yes
073 Pamela Hunt Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Mountain Flower - A Dulcimer Sampler 2000 4:52 Yes
073 Patrick Wymark Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Rhyme and Rhythm – Poems and Songs for Children 1965 No
073 Peggy & Mike Seeger The Brown Girl (Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender) American Folk Songs Sung By the Seegers 1957 3:58 Yes
073 Peggy & Mike Seeger Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Peggy 'N' Mike Seeger Sing 1967 3:56 Yes
073 Peter Bellamy Lord Thomas & Fair Eleanor Songs An' Rummy Conjurin' Tricks 1991 5:30 Yes
073 Peter Bellamy Lord Thomas & Lady Eleanor Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Kipling & The Tradition 2001 5:30 Yes
073 Peter Christie Fair Annie and Sweet Willie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
073 Phillis Marks Lady Eleanor The Gwilym Davies Collection No
073 Philo Glee and The Mandoline Society Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendor PG & MS 1962 No
073 Raymond Crooke Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (1) <website> 2007 4:33 Yes
073 Raymond Crooke Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (2) <website> 2007- 4:18 Yes
073 Raymond Crooke Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Axis of Evil and Other True Stories 2003 No
073 Rebecca King Jones Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen The House Carpenter 1987 No
073 Sam Hinton The Brown Girl The Library of Congress Recordings, March 25, 1947 1999 No
073 Samuel Harmon Fair Ellender The Library of Congress No
073 Sarah Underhill Fair Ellender Strange Sweethearts 2010 No
073 Sharon Harrington Lord Thomas The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
073 Sheila Adams Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Digital Library of Appalachia: Warren Wilson College Collection 197?-198? 6:31 Yes
073 Sheila Kay Adams Lord Thomas & Fair Ellender Loving Forward, Loving Back 1987 No
073 Shep Ginandes Lord Thomas and Fair Elinore British Traditional Ballads in America Vol 1 1953 No
073 Texas Gladden Lord Thomas Ballad Legacy 2001 2:24 Yes
073 The Gant Family The Brown Girl <website> 1935 2:43 Yes
073 The Johnstons Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender Give a Damn + Bitter Green 1997 4:42 Yes
073 The Johnstons Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender The Johnstons Sampler 1970 4:31 Yes
073 The Patuxent Partners Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender There Must Be Another Way to Live - The Classic Recordings of the Patuxent Partners 2006 4:32 Yes
073 The Ritchie Family Green Gravels + Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender + Somebody's Tall and Handsome The Ritchie Family of Kentucky 1958 No
073 The Telham Tinkers Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor Marrowbones 1980 No
073 Tim Eriksen Brown Girl Tim Eriksen 2001 No
073 Ula Kapała Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/Blarney Pilgrim Coventina's Well - Celtic MP3 Music Magazine Compilation CD 2003 5:59 Yes
073 Ula Kapała Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender + Blarney Pilgrim Echa Celtyckie 2002 5:59 Yes
073 Viola Cole Lord Thomas The Ferrum College Collection 1976-1977 3:52 Yes
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
73. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET
Texts: Berea Quarterly, IX, #3, 10; XIV, #3, 27; XVIII, #4, 14 / Barry, Brit Bids Me, 126 / Belden, Mo F-S, 37 / Boletin Latino Americano de Musica, V, 279 / Brewster, Bids Sgs 2nd, 58 / Brown Coll / Bull U SC # 162, # 5 / CFLQ, V, 21 1 / Cambiaire, Ea Tenn Wstn Va Mt Bids, 34, 1 1 5 / Chappell, F-S Rnke Alb, 23 / Child, III, 509 / Child MSB., XIII, #73 / Cox, W. Va. School Journal and Educator, XLV, 186 / Creighton, Sgs Bids N Sc, 8 / Cutting, Adirondack Cnty, 65 / Davis, Trd Bid Va, 191 / Decennial Publication, Univ of Chicago, VII, 140 / Duncan, No Hamilton Cnty, 48 / Eddy, Bids Sgs Ohio, 29 / Flanders, Gad Gn Mt Sg,6i/ Flanders, VtF-S Bids, 209 / Focus, III, 204; IV, 162 1 Folk Lore Journal, VII, 33 / The Forget-me-not Songster (Nafis and Cornish, N.Y.), 236 / Fuson, Bids Ky Hgblds, 49 / Gardner and Chickering, Bids Sgs So Mich, 37 / Garrison, Searcy Cnty, 7 / Greenleaf and Mansfield, Bids Sea Sgs Newfdld, 18 / Haufrecht (ed.), Wayfariri Stranger, io/ Haun, Cocke Cnty, 74 / Henry, Beech Mt F-S, 16 / Henry, F-S So Hgblds, 60 / Henry, Sgs Sng So Aplcbns, 41 / HFLQ, III, = i, 10 / Hudson, F-S Miss, 78 / Hudson, F-T Miss, 13, 21 / Hudson, Spec Miss F-L, # 10 / Hummel, Oz F-S / JAFL, XVIII, 128; XIX, 235; XX, 254; XXVIII, 152; XXIX, 159; XXXIX, 94; XLII, 262; XLVIII, 314; LII, 75 / Ky Cnties Mss. / Kincaid, Fav Mt Bids, 36 / Leach-Beck Mss. / Luther, Amcns Their Sgs, 23 / MacKenzie, Bids Sea, Sgs N Sc, 20 / MacKenzie, Quest Bid, 97 / Mason, Cannon Cnty, 14 / C.H. Matschat, Suwannee River, 63 / McGill, F-S Ky Mts, 28 / Minish Mss. / Morris, F-SFla, 398 / Neely and Spargo, Tales Sgs So III, 136 / Niles, Bids Crls Tgc Lgds, 20 / Niles, 7 Ky Mt Tunes, 12 / Nortb American Review, CCXXVIII, 221 / Outlook, LXIII, 120 / Owens, Studies Tex F-S, 20 / Perry, Carter Cnty, 177 / Pound, Am Bids Sgs, 27 I Pound, Nebr Syllabus, n / PTFLS, X, 144 / Raine, Land Sddle Bags, 112 / Randolph, Oz F~S, I, 93 / Sandburg, Am Sgbag, 157 / Scarborough, Sgctchr So Mts, 105 /
Sharp C, Eng F-S So Aplcbns, 4i6 / Sharp K, Eng F-S So Aplcbns, I, 115 / Shearin and Combs, Ky Syllabus, 8 / Sheppard, Cabins in the Laurel, 285 / Shoemaker, Mt Mnstly, 160 / Shoemaker, No Pa Mnstly, 155 / Reed Smith, SC Bids, 109 / Smith and Rufty, Am Anih Old Wrld Bids, 17 / SFLQ, II, 695 VIII, 147 / Stout, F-L la, 5 / The Survey, XXXIII, 374 / Thomas, Devil's Ditties, 88 / Va FLS Bull, pgs 2, 3, 5 10 / Wyman and Brockway, 20 Ky Mt Sgs, 14 / Wyman Mss. #9.
Local Titles: Fair Eleanor (Ellender, etc., eta), Fair Ellen, Fair Eleanor and the Brown Girl, Fy Ellinore, Lord Thomas, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen, Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl, Lord Thomas's
Wedding, The Legend of Fair Eleanor and the Brown Girl, The Brown Bride, The Brown Girl, The Three Lovers, The Three True Lovers.
Story Types: A: Lord Thomas, in love with, poor but fair Eleanor, is persuaded to marry the rich brown girl. Dressed in scarlet and green, Eleanor, who has been personally informed of her misfortune by Lord Thomas, attends the wedding. She outshines the bride, and the latter stabs her to death in a fit of jealous rage. Lord Thomas then lolls the bride, usually by chopping off her head, and commits suicide.
Examples: Davis (A), SharpK (L), Smith (B).
B: The story is identical to that of Type A, except the youth is advised to marry the brown girl because she is poor and Fair Eleanor rich. In an Iowa text Lord Thomas' name has become attached to Eleanor's father.
Examples: JJFL, LII, 75; Scarborough (E).
Discussion: Child 73, 74, and 75 are very closely related, and they are frequently found blended. See, for example, Stanza I in the otherwise pure version of 73 in Henry, Beech MtF-S, 16. Davis, Trd Bid Fa, 191 cites the distinguishing marks. (See also Child, II, 180.) In 73 there is a triangle with three violent deaths; in 74, a triangle and two remorseful deaths; in 75 there
is no triangle and two remorseful deaths. All three make use of the rose-briar motif, although 73 uses this theme far less than the other two.
The majority of the American versions of this ballad are related to Child D, an English text. The Scottish form, with the contamination from 74 and the remarks by the brown girl on how Annet got her fair complexion, are not common in any of the more modern versions. Belden, Mo F-S, 37 feels that those ballads in which Lord Thomas is a bold forester show a close relationship to print. Check the bibliography with respect to Barry, Davis, SharpK, Shoemaker and The Forget-me-not Songster. This "bold forester" beginning is the most common form in America and has generally replaced the scene
of the lovers on the hill which is common to both 73 and 74 in Child.
In America, Lord Thomas invariably goes to tell Eleanor of his decision himself and does not send a messenger as in Child C, E, F, H, and I. The lovers always consult their parents, never their sisters, as in Child A, B, F, G, and H. Gardner and Chickering, Bids Sgs So Mich, 37 contains the added injury of Thomas' seating Annet at his right, while Hudson, F-S Miss, E
has a unique repetition of lines. The names of the heroine may vary all the way from Eleanor to Fairrellater and Fair Ellington, and the hero is called Jimmie Randolph in Virginia. Note that Cutting, Adirondack Cnty, 67 mentions "Dunny's Well" running black. See Child E.
For a very detailed discussion of the verbal variations in this song see SFLQ, I, #4, 25 ff. Reed Smith, SC Bids, no treats the history of the song, and Belden, MLN 9 XXII, 263, reviews the methods by which the counsel is asked. For a comparison of Percy's text and a South Atlantic States "poor buckra" version see C. E. Means in Outlook, September 1899, 12off. Tolman,
JAFL, XXIX, 154 publishes a parody (many of which exist), and Mabel Minor, PTFLS, X, 144 notes that the song is used as a play-party game in Texas.
Lord Thomas and Fair Annet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child 73, Roud 4) is an English folk ballad.[1]
Synopsis
Lord Thomas (or Sweet Willie) is in love with Fair Annet, or Annie, or Elinor, but she has little property. He asks for advice. His father, mother, and brother (or some of them) advise that he should marry the nut-brown maid with a rich dowry. His mother promises to curse him if he marries Annet and bless him if he marries the nut-brown maid. His sister warns her that her dowry may be lost and then he will be stuck with nothing but a hideous bride. Nevertheless, he takes his mother's advice.
Fair Annet dresses as splendidly as she can and goes to the wedding. The nut-brown maid is so jealous that she stabs Annet to death. Lord Thomas stabs both the nut-brown maid and himself to death. A rose grew from Fair Annet's grave, a brier from Lord Thomas's, and they grew together.
Variants
Several Norse variants of this ballad exist, although the man does not reject the woman on advice of his friends in them.[2]
Similarly to this one, in Fair Margaret and Sweet William, the hero rejects the heroine to marry for money; Lord Lovel, containing some similar themes, has the heroine die for lack of hope.[3]
Adaptations
This ballad was one of 25 traditional works included in Ballads Weird and Wonderful (1912) and illustrated by Vernon Hill (sculptor).
Commentary
The grave plants that grow together are a motif to express true love, also found in many variants of Barbara Allen and of Tristan and Iseult, and in the legend of Baucis and Philemon.
This ballad has no connection with The Nut-Brown Maid, in which a nut-brown maid is the heroine.
See also Lady Alice; Fair Annie
References
1.^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet"
2.^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 180, Dover Publications, New York 1965
3.^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 204, Dover Publications, New York 1965
Mainly Norfolk: Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor
[Roud 4; Child 73; Ballad Index C073; trad.]
This ballad was collected by F. J. Child (Child 73, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet) and sung by A. L. Lloyd in 1956 on Volume IV of his and Ewan MacColl's anthology of Child's songs, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Lloyd also later included the song in his Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.
Bob Copper recorded Lord Thomas for his 1977 album, Sweet Rose in June: Countryside Songs from the South. Peter Bellamy learned Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor from the repertoire of the Copper Family. He sang it live at the Cockermouth Folk Club in January 1991. This concert was published on his cassette Songs an' Rummy Conjurin' Tricks.
Martin Carthy sang Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor on his and Dave Swarbrick's 2006 album Straws in the Wind. He commented in the album's sleeve notes:
Lord Thomas is a twerp whose mother thinks that the sun shines out of his saddle sores. Does a lot of riding does our Thomas, what with all the to-ing and fro-ing between his place, his mother's place, the penniless but very lofty and fragrant (where O where have we heard that word before?) Fair Eleanor in her gaff and his imminent wedding. Seems that Thomas and Eleanor think of the Brown Girl as nothing more than some nouveau riche arriviste unworthy of his attentions—except (as far as he is concerned) for that damnably interesting “rich” part following on from the loathed “nouveau” and preceding the equally contemptible “arriviste” bit. Eleanor's mother, however, is possessed of at least half a brain and is far from blind to this disaster waiting to happen, but even her focused warnings fail to stem her daughter's drive to impale herself on her own spite. The one truly lamented casualty here is the Brown Girl, whose love is thrown back in her face but whose riposte is swift, silent and final. Costs her her own life though. A.L. Lloyd is right when he says that some of the Scots oral versions have small illuminating extras, so while ditching the last two “Rose and Briar” verses which seem to me our of place, I've taken a couple of others from those Scots sets in order to underline the fragrant Eleanor's real malice aforethought. It's from Somerset and Cecil Sharp.
Lyrics
Peter Bellamy sings Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor
Lord Thomas, he was a bold forester
And the keeper of our lord's deer.
Fair Eleanor, she was a lady gay,
Lord Thomas he loved her so dear.
“So come riddle to me, dear mother,” he said,
“Come riddle it all as one,
Whether I should marry with Fair Eleanor
Or bring the brown girl home.”
“Well, the brown girl she has riches and land,
Fair Eleanor she has none.
And so I charge you do my bidding
And bring the brown girl home.”
So he's rode till he's come to Fair Eleanor's bower
Loudly the bell he did ring.
There was none so ready as Fair Eleanor herself
For to rise and bid him in.
“And what news, what news, Lord Thomas,” she said,
“What news have you brought to me?”
“I have come to invite you to my wedding
And that's sad news for thee.”
“Come riddle to me, dear mother,” she said,
“Come riddle it all as one,
Whether I should go to Lord Thomas's wedding
Or bide with thee at home.”
“Well, many are your friends,” she said,
“But thousands are your foes.
And so I charge you do my bidding
And bide with me at home.”
But she has dressed herself in the shining white,
Her merry men all in green.
And every town that they rode through,
They took her to be some queen.
And she's rode till she's come to Lord Thomas's hall
Loudly the bell she did ring.
There was none so ready as Lord Thomas himself
For to rise and bid her in.
And he's taken her by the lily-white hand,
He's led her through the hall,
He sat her down at his right side
Above the ladies all.
Now the brown girl she had a little pen knife,
It was ground both keen and sharp,
And between the long ribs and the small
She's pierced Fair Eleanor's heart.
“What ails you, lady?” Lord Thomas said,
“For you look most wondrous wan,
And you used to have the fairest colour
That e'er the sun shone on.”
“Oh are you blind, Lord Thomas?” she said,
“So blind that you cannot see?
For I fear, I fear my own heart's blood
Run trickling to my knee?”
With his sword he cut off the brown girl's head
And he dashed it against the wall.
Then he set the hilt upon the ground
And upon the point he did fall.
“Now come dig my grave,” Lord Thomas said,
”Dig it long, wide, and deep,
And place Fair Eleanor in my arms
And the brown girl at my feet.
Martin Carthy sings Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor
Lord Thomas, he was a bold forester
And chasener of the King's deer.
Fair Eleanor, she was a fair woman,
Lord Thomas he loved her dear.
“Oh riddle, oh riddle, dear mother,” he cries,
“Oh riddle it both as one,
Whether I'll marry fair Ellen or not
And leave the brown girl alone.”
“Oh, the brown girl she's got houses and land,
Fair Eleanor she's got none.
Therefore I charge thee to my blessing
To bring the brown girl home.”
Lord Thomas, he went to fair Eleanor's tower
And he knocked so loud on the ring.
There was none so ready as Ellen herself
To let Lord Thomas in.
“What news, what news, Lord Thomas,” she cries,
“What news do you bring unto me?”
“Oh, I've come to invite you to my wedding
Beneath the sycamore tree.”
“Oh God forbid, Lord Thomas,” she cries,
“That any such thing should be done.
For I thought to have been the bride myself
And you to have been the groom.”
“Oh riddle, oh riddle, dear mother,” she cries,
“Oh riddle it both as one,
Whether I go to Lord Thomas's wedding
Or better I stay at home.”
“There's a hundred of your friends, dear child,
A hundred of your foes.
Therefore I beg you with all my blessing
To Lord Thomas's wedding don't go.”
But she dressed herself in best attire,
And her merry men all in green.
And every town that she went through,
They took her to be some queen.
Lord Thomas, he took her all by the hand,
And he led her all through the hall,
And he sat her down in the noblest chair,
Among the ladies all.
“Is this your bride, Lord Thomas,” she cries,
“I'm sure she looks wonderful brown.
When you used to have the fairest young lady
That ever the sun shone on.”
“Despise her not,” Lord Thomas, he cries,
“Despise her not unto me.
For more do I love your little finger
Than all of her whole body.”
And he'd a rose all in his hand,
And he's given it kisses three,
And reaching across the brown girl herself,
He laid it on Eleanor's knee.
Oh, the brown girl, she had a little pen-knife,
And it was both long and sharp,
And between the long ribs and the short,
She pierced fair Eleanor's heart.
“Oh, what is the matter?” Lord Thomas, he cries,
“Oh cannot you very well see?
And can you not see my own heart's blood
Come trickling down my knee?”
Lord Thomas's sword is hung by his side
As he walked up and down the hall.
And he took off the brown girl's head from her shoulders
And flung it against the wall.
Oh, he put the handle to the ground
And the sword unto his heart.
No sooner did these three lovers meet,
No sooner did three lovers part.
Oh he put the handle to the ground
And on it he did fall.
And there was an end of these three lovers
Through spite and malice and gall.
Acknowledgements
Lyrics taken from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd, Penguin, 1959:70, and adapted to the actual singing of Martin Carthy by Garry Gillard.
Excerpt: About the Commonest British Ballads
by Bertrand H. Bronson
Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. 9 (1957), pp. 22-27
But the contrast between this "wise passiveness" and the violence of the next most popular ballad in the British tradition is extreme. "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor" shows no disposition to shy from explosive situation or melodramatic consequence. The delicate beauty of characterisation and phrase of the older Scottish version has given way in the surviving tradition to headlong provocation of the worst that ungovernable passion can wreak upon its victims. The three principals are almost equally responsible for the ensuing tragedy. Fair Eleanor comes to the wedding only to taunt the bride for her lack of beauty; Lord Thomas shamefully humiliates his bride both by word and act; the bride stabs her rival as instinctively as a cornered animal would kill its enemy; Lord Thomas retaliates with such brutal frenzy as to dishonour the corpse by kicking (or throwing) the severed head against the wall; and then with equal precipitancy stabs himself to make an end of all three. These people are Elizabethan in their lack of emotional restraint. Their story, at least, hangs together better than usual in the folk memory. Its essential parts are seldom lost or confused. The breakneck pace of the narrative is slowed only by the two pauses for maternal advice-wrongly followed by Lord Thomas, wrongly disregarded by Fair Eleanor. The rush of event suffers no real interruption; the temporal sequence is unbroken and straightforward. Here again there is little suspense and little surprise. But it is difficult to find any common ground between this narrative and the other. How could the same people be almost equally fond of these
two songs?