Recordings & Info 91. Fair Mary of Wallington
[There are no known traditional US or Canadian versions of this ballad. You may want to read the accompanying article attached to this page: "The Scobs Was in Her Lovely Mouth" by Harbison Parker.
R. Matteson 2012]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud Number 59: Fair Mary of Wallington (15 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Bonny Earl of Livingston
Mild Marie
Traditional Ballad Index: Fair Mary of Wallington [Child 91]
DESCRIPTION: Of seven sisters, five have died in childbirth. The sixth would prefer not to marry, but is made to wed. She expects to die in childbirth, and does, with the child cut out of her after three days labor. The seventh sister can expect the same fate.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1776 (Herd)
KEYWORDS: family marriage childbirth death
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Child 91, "Fair Mary of Wallington" (7 texts)
Bronson 91, comments only
GordonBrown/Rieuwerts, pp. 227-228, "The bonny Earl of Livingson" (1 text)
Lyle-Crawfurd2 116, "Mild Marie" (1 text)
GlenbuchatBallads, pp. 90-94, "The Lady o' Livingstone"; pp. 140-143, "Elphinston" (2 texts)
OBB 81, "Fair Mary of Wallington" (1 text)
Gummere, pp. 236-240+354, "Fair Mary of Livingston" (1 text)
DBuchan 15, "Fair Mary of Wallington" (1 text)
Roud #59
Child Collection- Child Ballad 091: Fair Mary of Wallington
Child No. --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length ---Have Rec
091 Bell Duncan --Fair Mary of Wallington (1)-- The James Madison Carpenter Collection-- 1927-1955 No
091 Bell Duncan Fair Mary of Wallington (2) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
091 Cloudstreet Lady Maisry The Fiddleship 2004 No
091 Graham & Eileen Pratt Bonny Earl of Livingston Early Birds 1999 3:59 Yes
091 James Findlay Fair Mary of Wallington Sport and Play 2011 No
091 June Tabor The Fair Maid of Wallington Always 2005 4:31 Yes
091 June Tabor The Fair Maid of Wallington The First Folk Review Record 1974 No
091 Phil Cooper Bonnie Earl of Livingston Written in Our Eyes - Ballads & Sketches, Vol. I 2005 4:06 Yes