Recordings & Info 97. Brown Robin
[There are no traditional US or Canadian versions of Brown Robin, and only one known recording, see: Child Collection.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 62: Brown Robin (12 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Brown Robyn and Mally
Love Robbie
Brown Robin [Child 97]
DESCRIPTION: The (king's) daughter loves lowly Brown Robyn, informs him so by song, sneaks him in to her bower, sneaks him out again by dressing him as one of her ladies. (His is shot by a suspicious porter who is hanged for it/They are allowed to marry.)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1783/1799 (GordonBrown/Rieuwerts)
KEYWORDS: love disguise cross-dressing marriage death royalty
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Child 97, "Brown Robin" (3 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #1}
Bronson 97, "Brown Robin" (2 versions)
GordonBrown/Rieuwerts, pp. 194-199, "Brown Robin (2 parallel texts plus a photo of the badly-transcribed tune; also a reconstructed tune and a tune from a different manuscript on p. 286)
GreigDuncan8 1932, "Brown Robin" (2 texts)
PBB 58, "Brown Robin" (1 text)
DBuchan 18, "Brown Robin" (1 text, 1 tune in appendix) {Bronson's #1}
Roud #62
Child Collection- Child Ballad 097: Brown Robin
Child-- Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
097 Birdloom Brown Robin 2006 4:09 Yes