Recordings & Info 82. The Bonny Birdy
[Niles US version is titled, The Tattletale Birdy. Traditional Ballad Index says: "another instance where it is left to the reader to decide if Niles's version could possibly be legitimate."]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud 3972: (1 Listing) (Niles version is not listed)
Alternative Titles
The Tattletale Birdy
Traditional Ballad Index: Bonny Birdy, The [Child 82]
DESCRIPTION: A bird tells a knight that his wife is unfaithful. The two speed to his home, to find his wife in the arms of another man. He slays the intruder.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1783/1799 (GordonBrown/Rieuwerts)
KEYWORDS: infidelity death bird
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Child 82, "The Bonny Birdy" (1 text)
GordonBrown/Rieuwerts, pp. 210-214, "The bonny birdy" (1 text, printed parallel to blank pages)
Niles 35, "The Bonny Birdy" (1 text, 1 tune -- another instance where it is left to the reader to decide if Niles's version could possibly be legitimate)
Roud #3972
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" [Child 81] (plot)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Tattletale Birdy
Child Collection Index- Child Ballad 082: The Bonny Birdy
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
082 Crossroads Bonny Birdy De Partir ... C'est Mon Plaisir! 2000 5:18 Yes
082 Ray Fisher Bonny Birdy Our Folk Music Heritage 1975 No
082 Ray Fisher The Bonny Birdy The Bonny Birdy 1972 6:59 Yes
082 Steeleye Span Bonny Birdy Horkstow Grange 1999 6:14 Yes