Recordings and Info: Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Roud 21
[There are 736 listings in the Roud Index (attached to this page), the Bronson list is incomplete, totaling 115 (see: Sheet Music). More than 1800 variants of the ballad are noted in a book entitled, The Ballad of "Lady Isabel and the False Knight" by Dr. Iivar Kemppinen (Helsinki: Kirja-Mono Oy, 1954; pp. 301) [Combs 1955].
R. Matteson 2011]
Here are the Contents of this page:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Ballad Index
3) Folk Index
4) Child Collection Index
5) 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) Folk Trax listing: The Outlandish Knight
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Roud 21 List
2) Ballad Source Study: Child Ballad #4 as Exemplar
3) Broadsides- Outlandish Knight
4) Narrative Change "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight"
5) Review: Kemppinen and "Lady Isabel"- Bayard 1955
6) Thematic Classification and "Lady Isabel"- Long
Alternative titles:
May Colven,
May Colvin,
May Collin and the Knight
Pretty Polly, [Not the Pretty Polly related to the The Gosport Tragedy]
Pretty Polly Ann
The Outlandish Knight,
Billy Came Over the Main White Ocean,
The Willow Tree,
Seven King's Daughters,
Seventh Sister
Six King's Daughters,
Nine King's Daughters
The Knight of the Northland,
False-hearted Knight,
False Sir John
My Pretty Golden Queen,
My Pretty Colendee,
My Pretty Gold Leave,
My Pretty Colinn,
False Knight Outwitted,
The Gowans Sae Gay,
The Water o' Wearie's Well
Heer Halewijn,
Doors of Ivory
The Castle by the Sea
King of Spain's Daughter
Lady Ishbel and Her Parrot
King William's Son
The Courting of Aramalee
An Outlandish Rover
The Highway Robber
The Old Beau
Halewijn
The Seventh King's Daughter
Pretty Cold Rain
Sweet William
The Six Fair Maids
The Hinges of Ivory
The Prating Parrot
Seventh Sister
Pretty Gold Leaf
Young Jimmie
Mary's Parrot
Willow Tree, The
King's Daughter
Salt-Water Sea
Traditional Ballad Index: Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight [Child 4]
DESCRIPTION: A knight woos a lady. He will marry her if she runs away with him. He leads her to the seashore and threatens to drown/kill her as he has killed others before. She makes him turn his back and kills him instead. She bribes her parrot to keep her secret
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1776 (Herd)
KEYWORDS: elopement murder seduction bird lie
FOUND IN: Britain(England(All),Scotland) US(Ap,MA,MW,NE,SE,So,SW) Canada(Mar,Newf) Ireland Australia; analogues in Poland, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Netherlands
REFERENCES (58 citations):
Child 4, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (8 texts)
Bronson 4, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (144 versions plus 2 in addenda)
Dixon XI, pp. 63-65, "The Water o' Wearie's Well" (1 text, plus an "Outlandish Knight" text on pp. 101-104 in the notes)
Greig #106, pp. 1-2, "May Colvin" (1 text)
GreigDuncan2 225, "May Colvin" (2 texts)
Stokoe/Reay, pp. 130-131, "The Outlandish Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #29}
BarryEckstormSmyth pp.14-34, "The False-Hearted Knight" (8 texts plus a fragment, 6 tunes; the "B" text is probably mixed as it starts with first person verses from the false knight) {Bronson's #50, #22, #35, #81, #5, #13}
Flanders/Brown, pp. 190-192, "The Outlandish Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #130}
Flanders/Olney, pp. 4-7, "The False-Hearted Knight"; pp. 109-111, "The Castle by the Sea"; pp. 129-131, "The Outlandish Knight" (3 texts, 3 tunes) {Bronson's #138 ,#57, #141}
Flanders-Ancient1, pp. 82-123, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (14 text plus 5 fragments, 12 tunes; the "C" and "D" texts have scraps from "The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington" [Child 105], and the "J" fragment also appears to be mixed) {A=Bronson's #138, E=#141, F=#130, I=#60, N=#57}
Belden, pp. 5-16, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (8 texts plus variants)
Randolph 2, "Pretty Polly Ann" (4 texts plus a fragment, 3 tunes) {A=Bronson's #121, C=#86, E=#131}
Randolph/Cohen, pp. 16-18, "Pretty Polly Ann" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 2A) {Bronson's #121}
Eddy 2, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (4 texts plus a fragment, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #49, #89}
Gardner/Chickering 1, "Lady Isabe and the Elf-Knightl" (1 text plus a fragment and mention of 1 more, 1 tune) {Bronson's #92}
Davis-Ballads 3, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (17 texts plus 2 fragments, 7 tunes entitled 'Pretty Polly," "The Nine King's Daughters," "The Seven King's Daughters," "The False-Hearted Knight," "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight"; 9 more versions mentioned in Appendix A) { {Bronson's #103, #146, #23, #104, #2, #19, #24}
Davis-More 4, pp. 16-25, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (3 texts, including one reconstructed, 2 tunes)
BrownII 2, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (7 texts)
Chappell-FSRA 2, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (2 fragments)
Hudson 1, pp. 61-66, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (3 texts plus a fragment)
Scarborough-NegroFS, pp. 43-45, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #120}
Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 127-128, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (1 short text, apparently without a local title, consisting mostly of the ending with little of the initial seduction)
Brewster 3, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (3 texts, 1 tune)
Creighton/Senior, pp. 2-9, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (4 texts plus 3 fragments, 4 tunes) {Bronson's #74, #44, #42, #43}
Greenleaf/Mansfield 1, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (3 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #73}
Peacock, pp. 206-207, "The King's Daughter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Karpeles-Newfoundland 1, "The Outlandish Knight" (1 text, 1 tune)
Mackenzie 1, "Pretty Polly" (3 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #61}
Manny/Wilson 53, "The Gates of Ivory (Doors of Ivory)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-NewBrunswick, pp. 72-76, "Doors of Ivory" (1 text, 1 tune)
Leach, pp. 53-59, ""Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (3 texts)
Wyman-Brockway I, p. 82, "Six Kings Daughters" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #109}
McNeil-SFB2, pp. 143-145, "The Seventh Sister" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ritchie-Southern, pp. 2-3, "False Sir John" (1 text, 1 tune) {cf. Bronson's #102, which has two fewer verses and transcribes the tune rather differently}
OBB 8, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight"; 10, "May Colvin" (2 texts)
Friedman, p. 10, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (2 texts)
Warner 41, "The Castle by the Sea" (1 text, 1 tune)
PBB 12, "Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight" (1 text)
Sharp-100E 11, "The Outlandish Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #28a}
Niles 4, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (3 texts, 2 tunes) {A=Bronson's#96}
SharpAp 3 "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (10 texts, 10 tunes) {Bronson's #110, #106, #9, #111, #116, #99, #118, #100, #135, #55}
Sharp/Karpeles-80E 4, "The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (1 text, 1 tune, somewhat edited and expanded) {Bronson's #99}
Sandburg, pp. 60-61, "Pretty Polly" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #64}
Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, pp. 80-81, "The Outlandish Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #39, though Bronson has a different title and no text}
SHenry H163, pp. 413-414, "The King o' Spain's Daughter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morton-Ulster 13, "The Parrot Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-FSNA 8, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #44}
Hodgart, p. 28 ,"Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (1 text)
DBuchan 42, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (1 text)
TBB 32, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (1 text)
JHCox 1, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (9 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #126}
JHCoxIIA, #IA-B, pp. 5-9, "The False Sir John," "Six Kings' Daughters (2 texts, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #128, #127}
MacSeegTrav 2, "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 188, "Lady Isabel And The Elf Knight" (1 text)
Darling-NAS, pp. 23-26, "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" (2 texts)
BBI, ZN975, "Go fetch me some of your father's gold" (said to be combined from several Child ballads)
DT 4, OUTKNGHT* ELFKNGHT* WILLWTRE* KNGSPAIN* FLSESIRJ
ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; notes to #427, ("The Water o' Wearie's Well") (1 text)
Roud #21
RECORDINGS:
Jumbo Brightwell, "The False-Hearted Knight" (on Lomax41, LomaxCD1741)
Bill Cassidy, "Pretty Polly" (on IRTravellers01)
Lena Bourne Fish, "Castle by the Sea" [excerpt] (on USWarnerColl01)
Mary Anne Haynes, "The Young Officer" (on Voice11)
Fred Jordan, "The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight)" (on FSB4, FSBBAL1) (on FJordan01, HiddenE)
Sam Larner, "The Outlandish Knight" (on SLarner01)
Jean Ritchie, "False Sir John" (on JRitchie01) {Bronson's #102}
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Johnson Ballads 244, "The Outlandish Knight" ("An outlandish knight came from the north lands"), J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Firth c.21(15), Firth c.21(16), 2806 c.17(323), Firth c.26(230), Harding B 11(2886), Harding B 11(2887), Harding B 11(2889), Harding B 11(2890), Harding B 11(2891), "[The] Outlandish Knight"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Fair Eleanor (II)" (plot)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
King of Spain's Daughter
Lady Ishbel and Her Parrot
King William's Son
The Courting of Aramalee
May Colvin
An Outlandish Rover
The Highway Robber
The Old Beau
Halewijn
The Seventh King's Daughter
Pretty Cold Rain
Sweet William
The Six Fair Maids
The Hinges of Ivory
The Prating Parrot
NOTES: Many theories have been offered as to the origin of this ballad (closely connected with the Franko-Dutch tale of Halwijn). The most widely known is Bugge's theory that this is a corrupt form of the tale of Judith, found in the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books of the Bible.
It should be noted, however, that the only actual parallel between Judith and Lady Isabel is that both end with the bad guy being killed by the heroine. Among the substantial differences between the tales:
Judith was a beautiful widow (Judith 8:2-4, 7) who was tricking (Judith 8:32-34) the invading general Holofernes (who, we might note, is clearly fictional -- the whole book of Judith is patently unhistorical, as is shown by its reference in 1:1 to Nebuchadnezzar who ruled the Assyrians in Ninevah. Nebuchadnezzar was a Chaldean of Babylon, and his father had in fact destroyed Ninevah before Nebuchadnezzar took the throne). Unlike the tale of Judith, in "Lady Isabel" the man tricks the inexperienced girl.
Judith was trying to save her people; the girl in this song is just trying to save her skin.
Judith cut off Holofernes's head with his own sword (Judith 13:6-8). The girl in this song of course threw her betrayer off a cliff.
A comprehensive study of the origins of this piece is offered by Holger Olof Nygard in "Ballad Source Study: Child Ballad No. 4 as Exemplar" (first printed in the Journal of American Folklore, LXV, 1952; see now MacEdward Leach and Tristram P. Coffin, eds, The Critics and the Ballad, pp. 189- 203). Nygard concludes that none of the theories of origin is accurate, and I heartily agree. This piece stands on its own.
Peter Underwood, in A Gazetteer of English, Scottish & Irish Ghosts, p. 383, associates this song with Lendalfoot in Ayreshire, and claims that "mysterious shrill cries and strangely fading screams are still heard there." One has to suspect that this is one of those legends that arose after the song. - RBW
MacColl & Seeger cite a German broadside, c. 1550. - PJS
Of course, most of the alleged parallels to this piece (few of which are *truly* parallel) are in German and Scandinavian literature. As a matter of fact. a brief item in Sing Out!, Volume 29, #1, p. 10, suggests that the story runs the other way -- that is, that a German folktale derives from this song. In this tale, a man makes a deal with the devil that makes him (or his music) irresistible to women. The devil's price is that the fiend will get every twelfth soul. The man ravishes and kills eleven women, but when he attempts to take the twelfth, she or her brother (or her brother in disguise, or something) manages to kill the murderer instead. As the murderer dies, a voice is heard on the wind, "The twelfth soul is mine." - RBW
Also collected and sung by Kevin Mitchell, "False Lover John" (on Kevin and Ellen Mitchell, "Have a Drop Mair," Musical Tradition Records MTCD315-6 CD (2001)) - BS
Folk index: Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight [Ch 4/Sh 3]
Rt - Outlandish Knight ; Seventh Sister ; Pretty Gold Leaf ; Young Jimmie ; Mary's Parrot ; Pretty Polly III ; Willow Tree
At - King's Daughter ; Salt-Water Sea ; May Colleen/Colvin
Friedman, Albert B. (ed.) / Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-S, Viking, sof (1963/1957), p 11 [1800ca]
Friedman, Albert B. (ed.) / Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-S, Viking, sof (1963/1957), p 12 [1930s]
Lomax, Alan / Folk Songs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p 18/# 8
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p368
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p 52
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p 57 [192?] (False Hearted Knight)
Leach, MacEdward / The Heritage Book of Ballads, Heritage, Bk (1967), p 15 (May Collin and the Knight)
Barker, Mildred Joy. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 13/# 1F [1916ca] (King's Daughter)
Bishop, Mrs.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 6/# 3B [1909/07/16]
Brightwell, Jumbo (William). World Library of Folk and Primitive Music. Vol 1. England, Rounder 1741, CD (1998), trk# 28 [1947] (False Hearted Knight)
Brightwell, Jumbo (William). Good Order! Ladies and Gentlemen Please, Veteran VT 140CD, CD (2000), trk# 2 [1947] (False Hearted Knight)
Cannady, Sarah Virginia. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 12/# 3G [1918/08/23]
Clawson, Dave. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p127 [1930]
Clayton, Paul. British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition, Folkways FW 8708, LP (1957), trk# B.09 (False Hearted Knight)
Cunningham, George W.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 6,521/# 1B [1915ca] (Six Kings' Daughters)
Devlin, Jennie Hess. Newman, Katharine D. / Never Without a Song, U. Illinois, Sof (1995), p115 [1937ca] (False Lover)
Donald, Laura Virginia (V.). Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 9/# 3E [1918/06/06]
Heed, Lottie Marsh. Hubbard, Lester A. / Ballads and Songs from Utah, Univ. of Utah, Bk (1961), p 1/# 1A [1947/06/29] (King's Daughter Fair)
Hickerson, Joe. Drive Dull Care Away. Vol 2, Folk Legacy FSI 059, LP (1976), trk# 8
Johnson, Jane Snodgrass. Wolfe, Charles K.(ed.) / Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee. George Boswell, Univ. Tennesse, Sof (1997), p 1/# 1 [1950/06/24] (King's Daughter)
Jordan, Fred. Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 4. The Child Ballads, I, Caedmon TC 1145, LP (1961), trk# A.03 [1950s]
Lingo, Silas A.. Cox, John Harrington(ed.) / Traditional Ballads Mainly from West Virgini, WPA, Bk (1939), 1A [1925/08] (False Sir John)
Long, Mrs. P. J.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 16/# 1I [1915ca] (Six Kings' Daughters)
MacArthur, Margaret. MacArthur, Margaret / Ballads Thrice Twisted, Whetstone WR 05, CD (1999), trk# 11
Mills, Alan; and Jean Carignan. Songs, Fiddle Tunes & Folktale from Canada, Folkways FG 3532, LP (1961), trk# A.06 (Lady Isabel)
Moore, Mrs.. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 7/# 3C [1910/05/01]
Murray, Marie. Hubbard, Lester A. / Ballads and Songs from Utah, Univ. of Utah, Bk (1961), p 3/# 1B [1927/07/22] (Knight of the North Land)
Ray, May. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 13/# 3I [1917/04/29]
Riley, Mrs. J. E.. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p237/#145A [1934-39] (Purty Polly)
Ritchie, Jean. O Love Is Teasin', Elektra 60402-1-U, LP (1957), trk# 2.12 (False Sir John)
Ritchie, Jean. British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains (Vol. 1), Folkways FA 2301, LP (1961), trk# 2 (False Sir John)
Sanders, Frances. Cox, John Harrington(ed.) / Traditional Ballads Mainly from West Virgini, WPA, Bk (1939), 1B [1924] (Six Kings' Daughters)
Sands, Mary. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 5/# 3A [1916/08/02]
Sayre, Hannah. Korson, George (ed.) / Pennsylvania Songs and Legends, Univ. of Penna., Bk (1949), p 30 [1933] (Six Kings' Daughters)
Shelton, Nancy. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 8/# 3D [1916/08/08]
Sloan, Alice. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 13/# 3J [1917/05/07]
Smith, Betty. For My Friends of Song, June Appal JA 018, LP (1977), trk# 5
Smith, Ralph Lee. Dulcimer; More Old-Time and Traditional Music, Skyline DD 106, LP (1975), trk# 4
Unidentified Elderly Scottish Lady. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey (ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 12/# 4A [1940s] (Sweet William)
Vanhook, Mrs. Joe. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 10/# 3F [1917/05/20]
Wheeler, Laurel. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 12/# 3H [1918/05/02]
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Lady Ishbel and Her Parrot [Ch 4]
Melton, Hattie. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p 25/N 4A [1934/06/30]
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The Outlandish Knight [Ch 4/Sh 3]
Rt - Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight ; Allons la Belle
Kidson, Frank (ed.) / Traditional Tunes. A Collection of Ballad Airs, S.R. Publishers, Bk (1970/1891), p 26 [1880s]
Kidson, Frank (ed.) / Traditional Tunes. A Collection of Ballad Airs, S.R. Publishers, Bk (1970/1891), p172 [1880s]
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p369
Armstrong, Frankie. And the Music Plays So Grand, Sierra/Briar SBR 4211, LP (1980/1978), trk# A.01
Bradley, May. Hamer, Fred (ed.) / Garners Gay. English Folk Songs Collected by ..., EFDS, Sof (1967), p50 [1950s?] (Dappledy Grey)
Campbell, Gerard. Wandering Minstrel, London LL 1714, LP (195?), trk# B.01
Harrington, Sharon (Mr.). Flanders, Helen H. & George Brown / Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Folklore Associates, Bk (1968/1931), p190 [1930/09/12]
Hilton, Mr.. Williams, R. Vaughan; & A. L. Lloyd (eds.) / Penguin Book of English Fol, Penguin, Sof (1959), p 80 [1908]
Jordan, Fred. Hidden English. A Celebration of English Traditional Music, Topic TSCD 600, CD (200?), trk# 18 [1974]
Lloyd, A. L. (Bert). English & Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 2, Washington WLP 716, LP (1963/1956), trk# B.02
Spinners. Folk at the Phil!, Fontana STL 5219, LP (1964), trk# A.07
Vanhook, Mrs. Joe. Sharp, Cecil & Maude Karpeles (eds.) / Eighty English Folk Songs from th, MIT Press, Sof (1968), p 24 [1917ca]
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Seventh Sister [Ch 4]
Rt - Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight
Beck, Carrie Louise. McNeil, W. K. (ed.) / Southern Folk Ballads, Vol 2, August House, Sof (1988), p143 [1954/07/07]
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Allons la Belle [Ch 4]
Rt - Outlandish Knight
Wright, John; and Catherine Perrier. John Wright and Catherine Perrier, Green Linnet SIF 1011, LP (1978), trk# B.02
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Pretty Polly III [Ch 4/Sh 3]
Rt - Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight
Sandburg, Carl (ed.) / American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p 60
Drake, Rod. Owens, William A. (ed.) / Texas Folk Songs. 2nd edition, SMU Press, Bk (1976/1950), p 6 [1952]
Dryden, Mrs. Ben. Owens, William A. (ed.) / Texas Folk Songs. 2nd edition, SMU Press, Bk (1976/1950), p 8 [1941]
Gray, Mrs. Woody. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey (ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 13/# 4B [1940s]
Hays, Lucille V.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 15/# 1H [1916ca]
Henigan, Julie. American Stranger, Waterbug WBG 0035, CD (1997), trk# 14
Hicks, Dee. Hicks Family. A Cumberland Singing Tradition, Tennessee Folklore Soc. TFS 104, LP (1982), trk# 10 [1978/05/11]
Hoke, Mrs. L. F.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 11/# 1E [1915ca]
Luther, Burwell. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 8/# 1C [1915ca]
Paugh, Mrs. S. R.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 3/# 1A [1915/08/15]
Tapp, Mrs. Thomas H.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 10/# 1D [1916ca]
Thornton, Mrs. W. B.. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p239/#145B [1937]
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The Willow Tree [Ch 4/Sh 3]
Rt - Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight
Leisy, James / Songs for Pickin' and Singin', Gold Medal Books, sof (1962), p 38
Lynn, Frank (ed.) / Songs for Swingin' Housemothers, Fearon, Sof (1963/1961), p172
Best, Dick & Beth (eds.) / New Song Fest Deluxe, Hansen, Sof (1971/1948), p 8
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p367
Silverman, Jerry / How to Play Guitar, Doubleday, Sof (1968), p 98 (Cruel Youth)
Dyer-Bennet, Richard. Twentieth Century Minstrel; Folk Songs & Ballads, Decca DL 9102, LP (196?/1946), trk# 3
Gribi, Gerri. Womansong Collection, Gribi, CD (1996), trk# 8 (Cruel Youth)
Smith, Winifred. Ethnic Folk Songs from the South, Tennessee Squire Assoc 630D-2211, LP (196?), trk# 11
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Salt-Water Sea [Ch 4]
Uf - Lady Isabel and the Elfin/Elf Knight ; House Carpenter
Gregg, George. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p 14/# 1G [1916ca]
Child Collection- Recordings and Print
(Pop's) Johnny Connors Pretty Polly Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie Collection
A.L. Lloyd The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Vol. 2 [Reissue] 196?
A.L. Lloyd The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Vol. 1 1956
A.L. Lloyd The Outlandish Knight England & Her Traditional Songs - A Selection from the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs 2003 4:12
A.L. Lloyd The Outlandish Knight Bramble Briars & Beams of the Sun 2011
Alan Mills & Jean Carignan Lady Isabel Songs, Fiddle Tunes and a Folktale from Canada 1961 4:41 Yes
Alan Mills, Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight, Canadian Folk Songs - Chansons Folkloriques du Canada [Canadian Folk Songs: a Centennial Collection] 1967 2:16 Yes
Alison McMorland, Geordie McIntyre & Kirsty Potts, May Colvin, Ballad Tree 2003 4:09 Yes
Allison Gross, May Colvin Black Ballads 2003 4:27 Yes
Andy Cash, Pretty Polly Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie Collection
Anna Fiske Hough, Pretty Polly, The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
Anna Kuiper-Groen Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 1:07 Yes
Anna Maria Vollenberg-Aerts Toen Rollewijn Over Die Bergen Kwam Onder De Groene Linde - 163 Verhalende Liederen Uit De Mondelinge Overlevering Verzameld Door Ate Doornbosch E.A. 2008
Anna Petronella Hogendorf-Dijkstra, Heer Albert (fragment 1) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :35 Yes
Anna Petronella Hogendorf-Dijkstra, Heer Albert (fragment 2) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :34 Yes
Antje Smid-Adams Jan Alberts, Nederlandse, Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 6:54 Yes
Arthur 'Hockey' Feltwell, The Outlandish Knight Heel & Toe 2004
Asonance Podivný Rytír (Outlandish Knight) Jestráb 2006 4:07 Yes
Asonance Podivný Rytíř (Outlandish Knight) 30 Let Na Pódiu 2008
Beatrice Shute LaDuke Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
Beka Meis-Schreuder Jan Albert Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 4:12 Yes
Bellowhead The Outlandish Knight Burlesque 2006 7:03 Yes
Bellowhead Outlandish Knight Live Shepherds Bush Empire 2009
Ben Baxter The Outlandish Knight As I Walked Out - Songs from Norfolk 1976
No
004 Ben Baxter The Outlandish Knight BBC Recordings
No
004 Bergtatt Kvinnemordaren Røtter 2009 3:40 Yes
004 Bernd Wahlbrinck Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight The Lost Basement Tapes 2005
No
004 Bernd Wahlbrinck Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight <website> 2009 4:29 Yes
004 Bernd Wahlbrinck Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight Balladeer 2007
No
004 Beth Maxwell Boyle Outlandish Knight <home recordings> 2005 3:12 Yes
004 Betty Smith Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight For My Friends of Song 1977 4:47 Yes
004 Betty Smith Lady Isabella Live at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 1982-1997 4:24 Yes
004 Bill Cassidy Pretty Polly From Puck to Appleby - Songs of Irish Travellers in England 2003 7:15 Yes
004 Bill Cassidy Pretty Polly Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie Collection
No
004 Bill Cassidy Pretty Polly Early in the Month of Spring - Songs and a Story of Irish Travellers 1986
No
004 Bill Lowne The Outlandish Knight BBC Recordings
Bill Westaway, The Outlandish Knight, BBC Recordings
Birgitte Grimstad, Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight, Utdrag Fra Aulakonserten 1967
Bob Stewart, Pretty Polly, Up Like the Swallow 1978 2:55 Yes
004 Bontje Dalman-Douma Jan Alberts (fragment) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :24 Yes
004 Border Lord Outlandish Knight Bonny Brave Boys 2003 4:20 Yes
004 Brian Peters The Outlandish Knight Different Tongues 2003 7:55 Yes
004 Broadside Electric, False Sir John + La Rotta Black-Edged Visiting Card 1993 5:26 Yes
004 Calliope House, Lady Ishabel and Her Parrot, Splendid Isolation 2003 3:23 Yes
004 Cara Sir John In Colour 2004
No
004 Cath & Phil Tyler Castle By the Sea The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck 2009
No
004 Catharina Maas-Bennker Heer Albert Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 1:42 Yes
004 Charles "Tink" Tillett Indeed, Pretty Polly (The Outlandish Knight) Barbaree - Songs from the Outer Banks 1987
Charlie Brown, Willow Tree, Teton Tea Party with Charlie Brown 1967 2:18 Yes
004 Charlie Hill Outlandish Knight The Gwilym Davies Collection
No
004 Charlotte Renals A Man from the North (Outlandish Knight) Catch Me If You Can - Songs from Cornish Travellers 2003 4:58 Yes
004 Chris Bartram & Keith Holloway Six Pretty Maids Songs from the Vale - Music and Songs from the Vale of White Horse 1999
No
004 Chris Foster The False Hearted Knight Jewels 2004 3:53 Yes
004 Citizens of the Province of Overijssel Daar Was Eens Een Juffrouw Fijn (There Was Once a Nice Lady) Folksongs and Dances of the Netherlands 1963
No
004 Clara Hawks Tracy Pretty Polly (The False-Hearted Knight) Wolf River Songs 1956 4:29 Yes
004 Clark Amey Daughter of Old England The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Compagnie De Ballade Heer Halewijn De Zeven Magere Jaren 1998-2005 2006 5:00 Yes
004 Compagnie De Ballade May Colven De Zeven Magere Jaren 1998-2005 2006
No
004 Corny McDaid False Lover John Early Ballads in Ireland 1968-1985 1985 5:53 Yes
004 Custer LaRue The Outlandish Knight The True Lover's Farewell - Appalachian Folk Ballads 1995 2:40 Yes
004 Cyril Tawney The Outlandish Knight The Outlandish Knight 1969 4:38 Yes
004 Dan Dutton False Sir John Rose & Briar 2004 7:06 Yes
004 Danishka Esterhazy Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Harper's Hands 1997
No
004 Danú The Outlandish Knight Think Before You Think 2000 4:23 Yes
004 De Vaganten Heer Halewijn De Vaganten 2003
No
004 De Vlier Alewijn (Poppel) Traditionale Volksmuziek Uit Hertogdom Brabant 1968 3:51 Yes
004 Deborah Flanders The Outlandish Knight Mother Make My Bed - A Collection of Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads 1997
No
004 Dee Hicks Pretty Polly (Six Kings' Daughters) A Cumberland Singing Tradition 1982
No
004 Dennis Smith Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (1) The Helen Creighton Collection
No
004 Dennis Smith Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (2) The Helen Creighton Collection
No
004 Devil's Elbow Outlandish Knight Grandad Fred's Marrow 2008
No
004 Diane Schneider The Outlandish Knight Harp of Joy 1998
No
004 Dirk Van Der Kooi Jan Albers (fragment 1) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :47 Yes
004 Dirk Van Der Kooi Jan Albers (fragment 2) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 1:21 Yes
004 Donia Cooper Pretty Polly The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
4:54 Yes
004 Douwe Johannes Booi Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 8:17 Yes
004 Dr. David McIntosh Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress
No
004 Dr. Temple Burling Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Ellen Behnke Willow Tree Folk Songs at the Lion's Head 1960 2:28 Yes
004 Elmer George Outlandish Knight (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Elmer George Outlandish Knight (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Elwin Burditt Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Emily Smith May Colven Too Long Away 2008 4:25 Yes
004 Everett White Pretty Aggie Folksongs and Ballads, Vol 1 1991
No
004 Ewan MacColl May Colvin [Scots] The Long Harvest, Vol. 6 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1967 3:31 Yes
004 Ewan MacColl The Outlandish Knight [English] The Long Harvest, Vol. 6 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1967 4:13 Yes
004 Faeryharper Outlandish Knight <website> 2007 :27 Yes
004 Fletcher Collins Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress
No
004 Follia! Heer Halewijn Kiss Me You Fool, Kiss Me Lila 2004 7:49 Yes
004 Folque Kvinnemorderen Stormkast 1998 5:14 Yes
004 Folque Kvinnemorderen Landet Ditt 1981 5:10 Yes
004 Fourtold Aramalee Fourtold 2003 5:22 Yes
004 Frankie Armstrong The Outlandish Knight Poetry and Song, Vol. 10 1967
No
004 Frankie Armstrong The Outlandish Knight And the Music Plays So Grand 1980 4:57 Yes
004 Fred High Willie Came Over the Main Wide Ocean The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
No
004 Fred Jordan Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (The Outlandish Knight) The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 4: The Child Ballads 1 1961 3:03 Yes
004 Fred Jordan Six Pretty Maids The Elfin Knight - The Classic Ballads 1 1976
No
004 Fred Jordan Six Pretty Maids BBC Recordings
No
004 Fred Jordan Six Pretty Maids When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin 1974 5:20 Yes
004 Fred Jordan Six Pretty Maids (The Outlandish Knight) A Shropshire Lad - English Folk Singer 2003 4:19 Yes
004 Fred Jordan The Outlandish Knight Hidden English - A Celebration of English Traditional Music 1996 5:22 Yes
004 Fred Jordan The Outlandish Knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight) Classic Ballads of Britain & Ireland - Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, Vol 1 2000 4:46 Yes
004 Fred Jordan Outlandish Knight Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection 1970-1999
No
004 Fred Jordan Outlandish Knight Steve Gardham Collection 1970-1982 5:02 Yes
004 Fred Jordan The Outlandish Knight Keith Summers Collection 1970-1977 4:47 Yes
004 Fred Piek & Walter Kuipers Heer Albert Vroeger Is Terug 1997 4:45 Yes
004 Fungus Heer Albert The Fungus Collection 1973-1977 2000 5:43 Yes
004 Galley Beggar The Outlandish Knight Reformation House 2010
No
004 Garibelon The Outlandish Knight <website> 2007 5:46 Yes
004 Garmarna Brun (Robber Brun) Vedergällningen (Vengeance) 1999 5:56 Yes
004 Geertje Stelwagen-van der Meer Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 2:11 Yes
004 Geertruida Kotter-Oude Spekhorst Heer Albert Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 3:52 Yes
004 George Edwards Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Gerard Campbell The Outlandish Knight The Wandering Minstrel 1958
No
004 Gerri Gribi The Cruel Youth The Womansong Collection 1996 2:57 Yes
004 Gesina Plechelma Voortman-Pots Heer Albert Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 5:17 Yes
004 Gesina Plechelma Voortman-Pots Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 5:19 Yes
004 Gezina Harms-Kuipers Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 2:46 Yes
004 Gordon Hall The Outlandish Knight As I Went Down to Horsham 2008
No
004 Gordon Hall Outlandish Knight John Howson Collection 1970-1995
No
004 Gordon Tyrrall The Outlandish Knight Drive Old Puss Away 2004
No
004 Hanford Hayes Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Harm Prins Jan Alberts (fragment) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :36 Yes
004 Hendrik Iwema Jan Albers Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 7:08 Yes
004 Hendrika Arends-Kuiper Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 3:36 Yes
004 Hendrika Paardehaar-Bakker Jan Aller (fragment) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :15 Yes
004 Hermes Nye The Outlandlish Knight Ballads Reliques - Early English Ballads from the Percy and Child Collections 1957 3:19 Yes
004 Hilke Koning-Hesseling Jan Albers Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 4:22 Yes
004 Hughie Jones The Outlandish Knight Luv Stuff 1999
No
004 Iron Mountain String Band False Sir John If I Go Ten Thousand Miles 2001
No
004 Isambarde The Outlandish Knight Living History 2008
No
004 J.E. Mainer Six King's Daughters The Legendary J.E. Mainer, Vol.12 1970 3:33 Yes
004 Jacob De Visser & Elisabeth Neeltje de Visser-Rouw Halewijn Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 1:22 Yes
004 James Christie False Sir John The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955
No
004 James Raynard The Outlandish Knight Strange Histories 2005 7:58 Yes
004 James Raynard The Outlandish Knight Old Wine New Skins 2007
No
004 Janet Russell Pretty Polly Love Songs and Fighting Talk 2008
No
004 Jean Jenkins He Followed Her Up The Wife of Usher's Well - Mountain Ballads 1976
No
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition 2003 4:21 Yes
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John O Love Is Teasin' - Anglo-American Mountain Balladry 1985
No
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains - Child Ballads, Vol 1 1961 4:20 Yes
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John Mountain Hearth and Home 2004 4:02 Yes
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John Kentucky Mountain Songs 1954
No
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family 1957 3:58 Yes
004 Jean Ritchie False Sir John Live at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 1982-1997 3:45 Yes
004 Jimmy McBride False Lover John Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection 1970-1999
No
004 Joe Hickerson Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Drive Dull Care Away, Volume II 1976 4:59 Yes
004 Johanna Suzanna Lubbers Heer Albert (fragment) Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 :44 Yes
004 John Roberts & Tony Barrand The Outlandish Knight A Present from the Gentlemen - A Pandora's Box of English Folk Songs 1992 4:36 Yes
004 John Spiers & Jon Boden The Outlandish Knight Bellow 2003 5:48 Yes
004 John Spiers & Jon Boden The Outlandish Knight Awards for World Music 2004 2004 5:49 Yes
004 John Sutherland May Colvin The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955
No
004 John Waldham The Outlandish Knight Farewell to the Green Fields 2004
No
004 John Waltham Outlandish Knight Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection 1970-1999
No
004 John Wright & Catherine Perrier Allons La Belle John Wright & Catherine Perrier - Traditional Music of France, Ireland & England 1978
No
004 John Wright & Catherine Perrier Allons La Belle, Allons Nous Promener Live on Radio France, 1990 1990 5:02 Yes
004 Jon Boden The Outlandish Knight A Folk Song a Day - May 2011 5:28 Yes
004 Jonathan Moses Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
No
004 Josephin Berghmans Heer Haolewijn Ik Ging Laatstmaal Op Jacht - Ik Ging Laatstmaal Op Jacht - Traditionele Muziek Uit Vlaanderen - Veldopnamen 2001 3:07 Yes
004 Julie Henigan Pretty Polly (Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight) American Stranger 1997 4:14 Yes
004 Jumbo Brightwell False Hearted Knight Good Order! Ladies and Gentlemen Please - Traditional Singing and Music from the Eel’s Foot 2991
No
004 Jumbo Brightwell The False Hearted Knight World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, Vol. 1 - England 1998 2:27 Yes
004 Jumbo Brightwell The False Hearted Knight Songs from the Eel's Foot 1975 4:12 Yes
004 Jumbo Brightwell The False-Hearted Knight BBC Recordings
No
004 Karan Casey & John Doyle False Lover John Exile's Return 2010
No
004 Kathleen Danson Read Lord Isabel and the Elf-Knight Spoken Literature of Early English Ballads 1956 2:05 Yes
004 Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Willow Tree 2. 2003 3:11 Yes
004 Kevin & Ellen Mitchell False Lover John Have a Drop Mair 2001
No
004 Kevin & Ellen Mitchell False Lover John Have a Drop Mair 2001 5:48 Yes
004 Kevin Mitchell False Lover John Folk Festival - A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival 2005
No
004 LaRena Clark Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Edith Fowke Collection
No
004 LaRena Clark The Dapherd Grey The Edith Fowke Collection
No
004 LaRena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland - Folksongs from the Province of Ontario 1965
No
004 Lena Bourne Fish Castle By the Sea The Warner Collection, Vol. 1 - Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still 2000 :40 Yes
004 Lena Bourne Fish Castle By the Sea (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Lena Bourne Fish Castle By the Sea (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Lena Bourne Fish Castle By the Sea (3) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Lena Bourne Fish Castle By the Sea (4) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Lena Bourne Fish The Castle by the Sea (The Outlandish Knight) Whiskey in the Jar 1987 No
004 Lenny Whiting Outlandish Farmer John Howson Collection 1970-1995 No
004 Leski The Outlandish Knight Leski 2008 No
004 Lily Delorme Pretty Coling The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Linda Sigismondi Outlandish Knight Appalachian Ballads and Songs for the Mountain Dulcimer Companion CD 2005 No
004 Lisa Theriot Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight A Turning of Seasons 2001 4:47 Yes
004 Luther Stanley The Outlandish Knight The Leaves of Life 1989 No
004 Madra Rua Lady Isabel Sit Down Beside Me - Musique Traditionelle Irlandaise 1999 2:59 Yes
004 Madra Rua Lady Isabel St Patrick's Day 1998 No
004 Margaret MacArthur Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight Ballads Thrice Twisted 1999 6:08 Yes
004 Margaret Shipman Outlandish Knight (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Margaret Shipman Outlandish Knight (2) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Margaret Shipman Outlandish Knight (3) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Maria Catherina Koens-Meis Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 2:07 Yes
004 Marion Stoggill Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress No
004 Mark Automaton Lady Isabel & The Elf-Knight The World, The Flesh & The Devil 2005 No
004 Martin Carthy Outlandish Knight Shearwater 1972 5:16 Yes
004 Mary Ann Haynes The Young Officer The Voice of the People, Vol. 11: My Father's the King of the Gypsies - Music of English and Welsh Travellers and Gypsies 1998 3:45 Yes
004 Mary Ann Haynes The Young Officer Songs of the Open Road 1975 No
004 Mary Cash Pretty Polly Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie Collection No
004 Maude Lewis Edwards Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 May Bradley The Outlandish Knight Garners Gay - English Folk Songs Recorded By Fred Hamer 1971 No
004 May Bradley The Outlandish Knight (1) Sweet Swansea 2010 No
004 May Bradley The Outlandish Knight (2) Sweet Swansea 2010 No
004 Meg Baird, Helena Espvall & Sharron Kraus False Sir John Leaves from Off the Tree 2006 7:19 Yes
004 Megan McInnis & Chris Chapman Pretty Polly The Demon Lover 1997 No
004 Men & Women of the Province of Friesland Jan Albers Folksongs and Dances of the Netherlands 1963 No
004 Mervent Outlandish Knight Mervent 10 2010 3:59 Yes
004 Metje De Lang-van der Wal Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 3:31 Yes
004 Michael Cooney Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight Philadelphia Folk Festival 1977 1978 4:53 Yes
004 Mike (Ichingiching) The Outlandish Knight <website> 2007 3:42 Yes
004 Modryn The False Knight Dark Matters 1998 4:48 Yes
004 Moira Cameron Outlandish Knight One Evening as I Rambled 1991 No
004 Moira Craig May Colvin On Ae Bonny Day 2001 3:12 Yes
004 Mr. Fred High Willie Came Over the Main Wide Ocean The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 3:20 Yes
004 Mrs. Alice Sicily Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Allie Long Parker Lovin' Polly The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 4:54 Yes
004 Mrs. Annie Adams Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Bert Russell Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Boyd Hoskins The Six Kings' Daughters The Library of Congress No
004 Mrs. Carrie Walker Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress No
004 Mrs. Charlie Harnish Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Mrs. Dave Trayner (Sarah Hutchinson) The Six King's Daughters The Edith Fowke Collection No
004 Mrs. Haden Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress No
004 Mrs. Harold Stokes Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs James Christie False Sir John (1) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 Mrs James Christie False Sir John (2) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 Mrs James Christie False Sir John (3) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 Mrs. James Jr. Fleet Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Mrs. M.P. Daniels The Six Kings' Daughters The Library of Congress No
004 Mrs. Mabel Pease Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Maisine Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Mrs. Myra Barnett Miller Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress No
004 Mrs. Myra Daniels He Followed Me Up He Followed Me Down The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Myra Daniels Outlandish Knight (1) The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Mrs. Nettie Huddleston Barnes Pretty Golden Queen The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folksongs 2:24 Yes
004 Mrs. Roy Slate Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Mrs. T.M. Bryant Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Library of Congress No
004 Nathan Hatt Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Nic Jones The Outlandish Knight Nic Jones 1971 3:32 Yes
004 Nic Jones The Outlandish Knight Ballads and Songs 1970 4:10 Yes
004 Odis Bird Little Billy The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 2:23 Yes
004 Ollie Gilbert Pretty Polly The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 1:49 Yes
004 Ollie Gilbert Pretty Polly Ann The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folksongs 1:23 Yes
004 Otis Hubley Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Otis Hubley Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Patrick Ward Gainer The Six Kings' Daughters Child Ballads of West Virginia 2:51 Yes
004 Paul Clayton Pretty Polly and False William Cumberland Mountain Folksongs 1957 No
004 Paul Clayton The False-Hearted Knight British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition 1957 3:36 Yes
004 Peggy Seeger Billy Came Over the Main White Ocean [American] The Long Harvest, Vol. 6 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1967 2:58 Yes
004 Peggy Seeger Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight [American] The Long Harvest, Vol. 6 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1967 5:25 Yes
004 Peggy Seeger The Willow Tree [American] The Long Harvest, Vol. 6 - Some Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants 1967 2:36 Yes
004 Pete Castle The Outlandish Knight The Outlandish Knight 2003 No
004 Pete Coe Outlandish Knight In Paper Houses 2004 5:29 Yes
004 Pete Seeger The False Knight Upon the Road The Bitter and the Sweet - Recorded in Person at the Bitter End 1962 5:32 Yes
004 Peter Christie False Sir John The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 Peter Koene & Ariëtte Zuidhoff Heer Albert Galgeveld 2007 No
004 Phil & Philippa Lyons The Outlandish Knight Residents' Night Out 1977 1:51 Yes
004 Poor Old Horse Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Curate's Egg 2004 No
004 Popke Veenstra Jan Hollebers Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 4:25 Yes
004 Ralph Lee Smith & Pat Kuchwara Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight Dulcimer - More Old Time and Traditional Music 1975 4:18 Yes
004 Raoul Roy Renaud, Le Tueur De Femmes Canadian Folk Songs - Chansons Folkloriques du Canada [Canadian Folk Songs: a Centennial Collection] 1967 No
004 Raymond Crooke The Willow Tree Axis of Evil and Other True Stories 2003 No
004 Raymond Crooke The Willow Tree <website> 2007 2:09 Yes
004 Resi Klemm Das Furchtlose Mädchen (Halewijn) Volksballaden Und Erzähllieder, Ein Repertorium Unserer Tonaufnahmen 1975 3:47 Yes
004 Resi Klemm Der Grausame Ritter (Ulinger) Volksballaden Und Erzähllieder, Ein Repertorium Unserer Tonaufnahmen 1975 4:50 Yes
004 Richard Dyer-Bennet The Willow Tree Richard Dyer-Bennet Vol. 12 1964 No
004 Richard Dyer-Bennet Willow Tree Twentieth Century Minstrel - Folk Songs & Ballads 1949 No
004 Richard Searles The Outlandish Knight Scarborough Faire 1997 No
004 Rick Stanley The Outlandish Knight The Ballad of Bothwell and Marie 2002 No
004 Robert Chattwynd Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight The Helen Creighton Collection No
004 Roger Grimes The Outlandish Knight Songs from the Golden Fleece - a Song Tradition Today 2005 No
004 Rum Heer Halewijn Rum.2 1974 4:17 Yes
004 Rum Heer Halewijn 1972-1978 2005 4:30 Yes
004 Rum Heer Halewijn Live at Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France 1978 3:32 Yes
004 Sam Larner The False-Hearted Man Sailin' Over the Dogger Bank 1975 No
004 Sam Larner The Outlandish Knight BBC Recordings No
004 Sam Larner The Outlandish Knight A Garland for Sam 1974 3:03 Yes
004 Sara Porter The Outlandish Knight Just Another Saturday Night: Sussex 1960 2001 1:18 Yes
004 Sarah Lane Outlandish Knight The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Sarah Phelps The Outlandish Knight The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 Seelie Court Elf Knight + Tarbolton A Long Way from Home 2002 5:13 Yes
004 Seth Lakeman The Bold Knight Live EP 2007 No
004 Sharon Harrington He Followed Me Up and He Folloed Me The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
004 Sheila Clark The False Knight The Legend of Tom Dula and Other Tragic Love Ballads 1986 5:21 Yes
004 Shelby Flint Lady Isabel Shelby Flint Sings Folk + Shelby Flint + Cast Your Fate to the Wind 2002 3:15 Yes
004 Shirley & Dolly Collins The Outlandish Knight Love, Death and the Lady 2003 5:04 Yes
004 Shirley & Dolly Collins Outlandish Knight The Harvest Years 2008 5:05 Yes
004 Sìleas May Colvin Play on Light 1999 3:48 Yes
004 Sjoukje Heida-Zandstra Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 5:42 Yes
004 Sjoukje Heida-Zandstra Jan Alberts Stond Op En Hij Zong Er Een Lied Onder De Groene Linde - 163 Verhalende Liederen Uit De Mondelinge Overlevering Verzameld Door Ate Doornbosch E.A. 2008 No
004 Sorten Muld Ulver Sorten Muld III 2000 6:47 Yes
004 Spriguns Outlandish Knight Revel Weird and Wild 1976 4:37 Yes
004 Stanley Hutchinson The Six King's Daughters The Edith Fowke Collection No
004 Steeleye Span The Elf Knight The Journey 1999 8:55 Yes
004 Steeleye Span The Elf-Knight Time [CD] 1996 8:38 Yes
004 Steeleye Span Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight 25 Live - The Classic Twenty Fifth Anniversary Tour Concert 1995 No
004 Steve Benbow The Outlandish Knight Don't Monkey with My Gun 2003 No
004 Stone Angel Outlandish Knight Lonely Waters 2004 No
004 Telynor The Unpleasant Night Telynor 2 1990 No
004 The Broadside from Grimsby Outlandish Knight The Moon Shone Bright - Songs and Ballads Collected in Lincolnshire 1972 5:00 Yes
004 The Mellstock Band The Outlandish Knight Songs of Thomas Hardy's Wessex 1995 6:24 Yes
004 The Spinners The Outlandish Knight Folk at the Phil! 1964 6:08 Yes
004 Tim Eriksen Castle By the Sea Northern Roots Live in Náměšť 2009 No
004 Tim Laycock The Outlandish Knight Capers and Rhymes 1980 4:51 Yes
004 Tjeerd Van Der Galiën Jan Alberts Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 1:06 Yes
004 Tom Gilfellon The Outlandish Knight Loving Mad Tom and Other Unlikely Stories 1972 3:57 Yes
004 Tony Cuffe The Water O' Wearie's Well Sae Will We Yet 2003 7:35 Yes
004 Trijntje Pel-Boelman Jan Albert Nederlandse Liederenbank Meertens Instituut 1964-1984 2:33 Yes
004 Unidentified Singer Outlandish Knight Reg Hall Archive 1953-1977 4:18 Yes
004 Unknown Male Halewijn Collection Universelle De Musique Populaire Enregistrée [World Collection of Recorded Folk Music] - Disque V - Europe 3 1958 1:02 Yes
004 Vic Legg Outlandish Knight I've Come to Sing a Song - Cornish Family Songs 2000 No
004 Vic Legg Outlandish Knight (1) John Howson Collection 1970-1995 No
004 Vic Legg Outlandish Knight (2) John Howson Collection 1970-1995 No
004 Walter Broadbank Outlandish Knight Steve Gardham Collection 1970-1982 :38 Yes
004 Waterson:Carthy The Outlandish Knight A Dark Light 2002 5:05 Yes
004 Waterson:Carthy The Outlandish Knight The Definitive Collection 2006 No
004 William Butler The Outlandish Knight The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 William Hands The Outlandish Knight The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
004 William 'Jumbo' Brightwell The False Hearted Knight A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-79 2007 No
004 William 'Jumbo' Brightwell The False Hearted Knight (1) Keith Summers Collection 1970-1977 5:35 Yes
004 William 'Jumbo' Brightwell The False Hearted Knight (2) Keith Summers Collection 1970-1977 4:19 Yes
004 Winifred Smith The Willow Tree Ethnic Folk Songs from the South 196? 2:30 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.
4. LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT
Texts: Adventure, 1130 '23, 191 / American Songster (Cozzens, N.Y.), 212 / American Speech III, 1 14 / Barbeau, F-S Fr Canada, 22 (inFrench) / Barbour, 6 Slds Mo Oz Mts, #4 / Barry, Brit Bids Me, 14 / Belden, Mo F-S, 5 / Brewster, Bids Sgs Ind, 31 / Brown Coll / BFSSNE, I, 3 / Bull TennFLS, VIII, #3, 65 / Bull U SC#i6z, #i / Chappell, F-S Rnkc 'Alb, 12 / Charley Fox's Minstrel's Companion. (Turner and Fisher, Philadelphia), 52 / Child, III, 496 / Child Mss., XXI, 4 / Cox, F-S South, 3 / Cox, Trd Bid W Va, i / Cox, W. Va. School Journal and Educator, XLIV, 269; XLV, 240 / Cutting, Adirondack Cnty, 61 / Davis, Trd Bid Fa, 62 / Duncan, No Hamilton Cnty, 36 / Eddy, Bids Sgs Ohio, 6 / Fauset, F-L N Sc, 109 / Flanders, Vt F-S Bids, 190 / Focus, IV, 161, 212 / Folk Lore Journal, VII, 28 / Gardner and Chickering, Bids Sgs So Mich, 31 / Gordon, F-S Am, 68 / Greenleaf and Mansfield, Bids Sea Sgs Newf, 3 / Henry, F-S So Hghlds, 32 / Hudson, F-S Miss, 61 / Hudson, F-T Miss, 10 / Hudson, Spec Miss F-L,#i / Hummel, Oz F-S / Jones, F-L Mich, 5 / JAFL, XVIII, 132; XIX, 232; XXII, 65, 374; XXIII, 374; XXIV, 333, 344; XXVII, 90; XXVIII, 148; XXXV, 338, XXXVIII, 373 (prose); XLII, 2545 XLVIII, 305; XLIX, 213; LII, 20 / Journal of III. State Hist. Soc., XXXI, 301 / Macintosh, So III F-S, 4 / MacKenzie, Bids Sea Sgs N Sc, 3 / MacKenzie, Quest Bid, 93 / Morris, F-S Fla, 366 / Minish Mss. / Narragansett Times, 1222 '44 / N.T. Times Mgz, 10 9 '27 / Niles, Bids Lv Sgs Tgc Lgds, 4 / Perry, Carter Cnty, 198 / PTFLS, X, 138 / Randolph, Oz F-S, I, 41 / Randolph, Oz Mt Flk, 216 / Red, White and Blue Songster (N.Y., 1861), 212 / Sandburg, Am Sgbag, 60 / Scarborough, On Trail N F-S, 43 / Scarborough, Sgctchr So Mts, 126 / SharpC, Eng F-S So Aplchns, #z / SharpK, Eng F-S So Aplchns, I, 6 / Shearin and Combs, Ky Syllabus, 7 / Reed Smith, SC Bids, 97 / Summer
School News (Summer School of the South), 7 31 '14 / Va FLS Btdl 9 dfc& 24, 6 12 / Wyman and Brockway, Lnsme Tunes, 82. Korson, Pa Sgs Lgds, 30.
Local Titles: If I Take Off My Silken Stay, Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight, Little Golden, Miss Mary's Parrot, My Pretty Colinn, Polly and William, Pretty Colendee, Pretty Collee, Pretty Nancy, Pretty Polly, Seven Sisters, Six Fair Maids, Six King's Daughters, Sweet Nellie, Sweet William, The Cage of Ivory and Gold, The False-Hearted Knight, The False Lover, The False Knight, The False Sir John, The King's Daughter, The Ocean Wave, The Outlandish Knight, The Pretty Gold Leaf (Lee), The Pretty Golden Queen, The" Salt Water Sea, The Seven (Six) King's Daughters, The Seventh King's Daughter, Willie Came
Over the Ocean, Wilson, Young Jimmie.
Story Types:
A: A knight, or other deceiver, convinces the seventh daughter to rob her family and elope with him. He leads her to the water where he has drowned her six sisters. When he requests her to remove her valuable robe (other objects may be added or substituted) before she dies, she makes him turn around that he may not see her naked. (Sometimes she
asks him to clear brambles or give her an opportunity to pray.) He complies, and she pushes him in the stream to drown. After she returns home and puts the money back, a parrot questions her concerning her activities. By the promise of an elaborate cage, she convinces him not to tell on her. Thus, when the king asks the parrot what the fuss is, he replies a cat has been
around his cage.
Examples: Barry (A), Belden (C), Davis (A), SharpK (F).
B: The same story as that of Type A is told, but the supernatural nature of the knight is still clear.
Examples: Greenleaf and Mansfield (B)
C: The usual story is told, but the parrot accuses the girl of the murder because of stanzas borrowed from Young Hunting (68).
Examples: JAFL, XLIX, 213.
D: The usual story is told, but the parrot fails to deceive the girl's father, and the old man reminds the daughter that he had said she would rue her going away. Examples: JAFL, XXII, 374.
E: The usual story is told, but after the girl removes her cloak, the suitor drags her into the water first up to her ankles, then her knees, waist, and eventually neck. She grabs the horse's tail and somehow (a stanza is forgotten) the lover drowns. She escapes and returns home, where her mother and the parrot have the usual conversation about the cat.
Examples: Scarborough, On Trail N F-S.
Discussion: The story seems to be part of a large body of European tales. Child (I, 54) sets forth the hypothesis . . . that an independent European tradition existed of a half-human, half-demonaic being, who possessed an irresistible power of decoying away young maids, and was wont to kill them after he got them into his hands, but who at last found one who was more than his match, and lost his own lif e through her craft and courage. A modification of this story is afforded by the large class of Bluebeard tales.
Although Child rejects the idea (I, 53), the ballad may also be an off-shoot from the Judith-Holofernes story.
The ballad is still known in all Europe, and in nineteenth century England there were many stall versions. Belden, Mo F S, 5, divides the song into three scenes, as they were presented in these stall prints: the seducer cajoling the girl, the waterside, the parrot. Parodies of the song are also not uncommon. Barry, Brit Bids Me, 33 reports one from Maine containing the May Collin or Colvin name found in Child C, H, etc. and included in the printed Charley Fox's Minstrels Companion, Philadelphia, 1861.
Barry argues (Brit Bids Me, 34) that the song must have been an early arrival in America. The versions are invariable closer to Child C G than to A B, with the exception of Type E which is nearest, but not exactly like. Child B, In America, certain characteristics can be noted:
1. The girl and the parrot often have the same names in the ballad (Polly), which tends to confuse the story. (Macintosh, III. State Hist. Journal, XXXI, 302, prints a text that has "my pretty golin colleen " and not a parrot bribed to silence. This is another and similar confusion, although the informant refused to admit a parrot has a thing to do with the song. See p. 300.)
2. The supernatural character of the lover has completely vanished. (Niles, Bids Lv Sgs Igc Lgds, 4 prints a version under the local title the Elfin Knight, although there is nothing in the text to indicate supernaturalism in the lover's character.) See also Cox, W. Va. School Journal and Educator, XLIV, 269. Wimberly, American Speech, III, H4ff., discusses this ballad with respect
to this point.
3. The girl is often a very vigorous person. She throws a rock at the drowning knight in SharpK, Eng F-S So Aplchns, B and threatens, rather than cajoles, the parrot in the Niles version just cited.
4. Substitutes for the "naked girl" excuse are often given in the form of "clearing the briars," "saying prayers", etc. These reveal a change for what may well have been, in certain early American cases, puritanical reasons. The JAFL,
XXIV, 334 version from Illinois-Missouri is notable in this respect, not only for the religious note in the request by the girl for a chance to pray, but also for her seeking the Lord's support in the murder she commits.
Zielonko, Some American Variants of Child Ballads, p. 3ff. can be consulted for a detailed comparison of selected American texts. Brewster, Bids Sgs I-nd, 31, discusses the Indiana versions in some detail. He suggests that the name William, used for the seducer in some texts, may Ibe derived from villain. The slightly corrupt Duncan, No Hamilton Cnty, text is also worth
study. Particularly unusual is the intrusion of the warning for the cock not to crow early (see Grey Cock, 248) which can be seen in the Minish Mss. This corruption was no doubt encouraged by the parrot stanzas. And the Flanders text, that appears in the Narragansett limes , 1222 '44, is notable because the incremental stanzas of Child C, D, and particularly E, in which the girl removes a series of garments, are retained. In this Rhode Island song, the maid takes off her gown, shoes, stockings, and smock at her lover's commands.
The story occurs as a prose tale, as well. Isabel Carter, J4FL, XXXVIII, 373, prints a mountain white version, "Old Notchy Road", from the southern Blue Ridge which employs the stripping and pushing motifs in relation to a pit and a habitual murderer. See also the folk songs The Jealous Lover and Pearl Bryan.
Note should be taken of the French-Canadian version (Barbeau, F-S French Canada, p. 22) which is different in story from the English-American versions. However, it derives from France and was brought over to Quebec by Frenchmen. Here Jeanneton kicks the man in the stream as he pulls off her stocking and cuts a limb off a tree to keep him under. He repents as he dies. This story has had no effect on American tradition to my knowledge.
Folk Trax listing: OUTLANDISH KNIGHT, THE - (LADY ISABEL)
- "A false-hearted knight - came from the Northlands - he came a-wooing me" - CHILD #4 "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" ROUD#21 - BRONSON 1 (143 tunes) - HERD AMS 1776 1 pp93-4 (w/o) "May Colvin" ("False Sir John a-wooing came") - SMITH 1820-4 3 p92 - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001) "OK" - BELL EB 1856 pp142-1444 (w/o) "The Water o Wearie's Well" - BSPE 1857 pp61-4 (w/o) - KIDSON TT 1891 pp26-9 2var N Yorks & Charles Lolley, Yorksh 1v/m (notes on song) - FORD VS 1 pp183-4 (w/o) "Lady Mary Ann" - STOKOE & REAY SBNE 1899 pp130-1 Mrs Andrews, Newcastle, Northumberland - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 pp164-5 Heywood Sumner: Somerset (text completed from "North Country Lore & Legend" - GREIG-KEITH LLTB 1925 pp2-4 Bell Robertson, New Pitsligo, Aberdeensh (w/o) "May Colvin" - BARING GOULD Ms#114 (J Parsons, Lew Down 1888 (b) Will Setter, Two Bridges 1890 (c) James Masters, 1891 (d) Richard Gregory, Two Bridges 1889 - BG-HITCHCOCK 1974 p88 James Master "The Rich Nobleman" - SHARP FSS 4 pp13-15 Joseph Laver, Bridgwater, Somerset - SHARP Sel Ed 1 pp29-31 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 pp4-12 Joseph Laver, Bridgwater 1907/ John Vincent, Priddy 1905/ Mrs Callow, Stockham Cross 1908 (m/o)/ Harry Richards, Curry Rivel 1904 1v/m/ Charles Neville, East Coker,Somerset 1908 (m/o)/ George Hartnell, Idlecote, Warwicksh 1910 (m/o)/ Wm Porter, Ely, Cambridgesh 1911 (m/o)/ Mrs Glover, Huish Episcopi 1906 1v/m/ Mrs Jarrett, Bridgwater, Somerset 1908 (m/o). Mrs Chapman, Ubley, Somerset 1906 1v/m/ Mrs Monnery, Shipley, Sussex 1908 (m/o)/ Mrs Ware, Over Stowey, Somerset 1907 (m/o) - JFSS 1:5 1904 p246 Kidson: Miss Carr Moseley, Yorksh 1v/m "Oh get me some of your father's gold" - JFSS 2:4 (9) 1906 pp282-3 Lolley: Driffield/ Kidson: Knaresborough, Yorksh/ Rathbone: Westmoreland (m/o) - JFSS 2:4 (15) 1910 pp116-123 C S Parsonson: Mr Lugg, Launceston, Cornwall 1905/ Ada R Broadwood: nn, St Stephen's, Hertfordsh 1895 1v/m/ Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Fletcher, Lifton, Devon 1893 (m/o)/ Sharp: John Squires, Holford 1904 1v/m/ Harry Richards, Curry Rivel 1904 1v/m/ Mrs Ware, Over Stowey 1907 (m/o)/ John Chapman, West Harptree, Somerset 1904 1v/m/ RVW: Mr Verrall, Monksgate, Sussex 1904 (m/o)/ W Colcombe, Weobley, Herefordsh 1909 1v/m/ Mr Hilton, South Walsham, Norfolk 1908 (m/o) - GILLINGTON EHFS 1907 pp4-5 Hampsh "The Robber & the Lady" - GRAINGER ONS#9/2 & RNS #2 Mr Beverley, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1905 & RNS#79 Joseph Leaning, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1908 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp159-161 #504 Edward Warren, South Marston, Wiltsh (w/o) - BALDRY RSC 1939 pp195-6 Norfolk c1939 (w/o) "The Farmer and the Maid" - PENGUIN 1959 p80 - HENRY SOP #163/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp413-4 Willie Hegarty, Ballydevitt, Co (?) 1926 "The King of Spain's Daughter" 15v/m - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp80-81 RVW: Mr Hilton, South Walsham, Norfolk 1908 - ED&S 28:1 1966 p22 Hamer: May Bradley, Ludlow, Shropsh 1959 - HAMER GG 1967 pp50-1 May Bradley - MORTON FSU 1970 pp21-3 Hugh Lees, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh "The Parrot Song" - PALMER SOM 1972 pp53-6 Bham & Midland F/C: P Murphy, Pelsall, Staffordsh 1967 (text from Wright Bs) - STUBBS LOM 1976 p58 Mrs Ursula Ridley, West Hoathley, Sussex 1962 - ED&S 28:1 1966 p22 Hamer: May Bradley - FMJ 3:1 1975 p17-19 Tom Munnelly: Jim Cassidy (tinker) Carlow, Co Carlow 1971 "The North Strand" - McCOLL-SEEGER 1977 Nelson Ridley "Don't prittle or prattle" - PALMER EBECS 1979 #58 pp109-111 Jumbo Brightwell "The False hearted Knight" --- (many American versions: "Pretty Polly" ("PP") - SHARP #3 Mrs Mary Sands, Allanstand, NC 1916/ Mrs Bishop, Clay Co., Ky 1909/ Mrs Moore, Rabun Gap, Ga 1910/ Mrs Nancy E.Shelton, Carmen, NC 1916/ Mrs Laura Virginia Donald, Dewey, Va. 1918/ Mrs Joe Vanhook, Berea College, Madison Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Sarah V.Cannady, Endicott, Va 1918/ Mrs Laurel Wheeler, Buena Vista, Va 1918/ Miss May Ray, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Claiborne Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Alice Sloan, Barbourville, Knox Co., Ky 1917 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp3-8 David Rogers, NS (w/o)/ Mrs Levi Langville, NS (w/o) "PP" - HUDSON FSM 1936 pp61-6 Mrs R C Jones, Mi (w/o)/ Ethel Llewellyn, Mi (w/o)/ John Langville, NS (w/o)/ Mrs Callaway, Mi 2v (w/o)/ David Rogers, NS (w/o)/ Mrs Flora Swetnam, Mi (w/o) "PP" - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp32-6 Mrs Samuel Harmon, Tenn 1928 (w/o)/ Gladys Gully, Cumberland Gap, Tenn (w/o) "PP" - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp414-7 Lewis Kelley Mo 1931 1v/m & Mrs May Kennedy McCord Mo 1938 2v (w/o) "Polly & Willie"/ Mrs Mary Grant, Mi 1927/ Evangeline Higgins, Mo 1929 (w/o)/ Ark: "PP Ann"/ "PP & Willie"/ Mrs Dellie Drain, Ark 1942 (w/o) "Seven King's Daughters"/ Mrs Olga Trail, Ark 1938 "Sweet Nellie" ("rode a milk-white horse") - BROWN - DAVIS - FLANDERS - GREENLEAF - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp66-7 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o) "PP" - LOMAX FSNA 1960 p18 Nova Scotia - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp1- 4 Mrs Lottie Heed, Utah 1947 "The King's Daughter Fair"/ Mrs McIntire, Calif 1947 (w/o) "The Knight of the North Land" - FOWKE TSSO 1965 pp102-4 LaRena Clark, Ont "The Dapherd Grey" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 1 pp206-7 James Heaney, Nfl 1951 "The King's Daughter" - KARPELES FSNFL 1971 #1 pp23-4 Matthew Aylward, Nfl 1929 - EDWARDS AUFS 1972 p112 Margaret Edmonds, Brisbane, Australia 1961 - PETERS FSOW 1977 pp199-200 Charles Dietx, Wis 1946 "Six King's Daughters" - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp130-1 Lena Bourne Fish, East Jaffray, NH 1941 "The Castle by the Sea" & p342 "Indeed PP" - IVES FSNB 1989 pp72-6 Wilmot McDonald, NB 1963 "Doors of Ivory" -- John SUTHERLAND #032, Peter CHRISTIE #171-2, James & Mrs CHRISTIE #178, James MASON #186 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter, N.E.Scotland 1929-35 "False Sir John" - Various Versions: CASS-30-0533 - Jumbo BRIGHTWELL rec "Eel's Foot" Eastbridge, Leiston Suffolk 1947: RPL 13861/ COLUMBIA SL-206 1952/ rec by Tony Engle TOPIC 12-T-261 1975 "The False-hearted Knight" - Bill WESTAWAY rec by PK, Belstone, Devon 1952: RPL 17794 (2v only) / FTX-241 - Fred JORDAN rec by PK, Diddlebury, Shropsh 1952: RPL 18696 "Six Pretty Maids"/ FTX-130 & FTX-501/ CAEDMON TC-1145/ TOPIC 12-T-160/ rec by Tony Foxworthy, Aston Munslow 1974: TOPIC 12-TS-233/ TSCD-600 - Ben BAXTER rec by Seamus Ennis, Southrepps, Norfolk 1954: RPL 22421/ FTX-234 - Bill LOWNE rec by Seamus Ennis, Cley-on-sea, Norfolk 1955: RPL 22173 - A L LLOYD: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-622 1956 - Bill WILLIAMS (age 84) rec by PK, Gloucester 1957: FTX-415 "The False-hearted Man" - Sam LARNER rec by Philip Donellan, Winterton, Norfolk 1958: FTX-139/ TOPIC 12-T- 244 1974 - May BRADLEY rec by Fred Hamer, Ludlow, Shropsh: EFDSS LP-1006 1971 - Luther STANLEY rec by Fred Hamer, Barrow-on- Humber, Lincolnsh 1957: EFDSS cassette: VWML-003 1989 - Ewan McCOLL & Peggy SEEGER: "The Long Harvest" ARGO ZDA-71 1967 5 versions - Cyril TAWNEY: POLYDOR Special 236-577 1969 (from Baring Gould coll) - Shirley & Dolly COLLINS: EMI SHVL-771 1970 - Nic JONES: LEADER LER-2014 1970 (Sharp) & 2027 - Tom GILFELLON: LEADER LER-2079 1972 (colol by RVW, Norfolk) - Grimsby BROADSIDE: TOPIC 12-TS-228 1973 (from Luke Stanley) - Mary Ann HAYNES (gypsy) rec by Mike Yates, Sussex: TOPIC 12-T-253 1975/ TOPIC TSCD-661 "The Young Officer" ("from the North Camp") - Bill SMITH (71), Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son Andrew (copy of cass with 25 songs): 5"RTR-0906 --- Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, NH USA: APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000 "Castle by the sea" - Jean RITCHIE: ELEKTRA EKL-25 1954 10" LP "False Sir John" - Jean JENKINS (voc/banjo) rec by PK, London 1957: FTX-915 - LaRena CLARK rec by Edith Fowke, Ont: TOPIC 12-T-140
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Other versions available on CD: Sarah Porter (MTCD309-0); Jumbo Brightwell
(MTCD339-0); Bill Smith (MTCD351); Kevin Mitchell (MTCD315-6); Bill Cassidy
(MTCD325-6); Fred Jordan (TSCD600); Gordon Hall (VT115CD); Mary Ann Haynes
(TSCD661); Lena Bourne Fish (Appleseed APRCD1035);
A recording made by Peter Kennedy for the BBC in 1952 was included on The Child Ballads 1 (The Folk Songs of Britain Volume 4; Caedmon 1961, Topic 1968)
MacColl & Seeger cite a German broadside, c. 1550
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The Outlandish Knight
Contributors - Wattie Wright
Reporters - Hamish Henderson
Summary - In this ballad, a knight comes to court a young maid, convincing her to leave with him and to bring gold and horses. He takes her to the seaside and tells her to dismount from her horse: he has drowned other young women here, and will do the same to her. When he demands her silk gown, she asks him to avert his eyes, and with his back turned she pushes him into the water. He begs to be saved, saying he will marry her if she helps him; she refuses and rides away.
Wattie Wright learned the song from a record.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:03:46
Date Recorded - 1963.03
The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S157329)
399 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Outlandish knight came from the north land, An
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Edwards, Australian Folk Songs (1972) p.112
Performer
Edmonds, Margaret
Place
Australia : : Brisbane
Collector
Michell, Bob / Stan Arthur / Ken McGoldrick
Date collected
1961
Format
Printed : Book
The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S269682)
213 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Outlandish knight came from the north lands, An
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
George B. Gardiner MSS (VWML) S158
Performer
Hatherill, George
Place
England : Somerset : Bath
Collector
Gardiner, G.B.
Date collected
1906 (Feb)
Format
Manuscript collection
Src Contents
Text; Music
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The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S186779)
279 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Cut the brambles off the brim
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.1331
Performer
Parish, Mrs. R.
Place
England : Somerset : Exford
Collector
Sharp, Cecil J.
Date collected
1907 (30 Aug)
Format
Manuscript collection
Src Contents
Frag. Text
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First Line
Wise young man came from the North Atrand, A
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Jim Carroll / Pat Mackenzie Collection
Performer
Cash, Mary
Place
Ireland / England : London
Collector
Carroll, Jim / Pat Mackenzie
Date collected
1973 (Aug) / 1975
Format
Sound recording
Src Contents
Audio
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Edwards, Australian Folk Songs
The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S157329)
399 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Outlandish knight came from the north land, An
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Edwards, Australian Folk Songs (1972) p.112
Performer
Edmonds, Margaret
Place
Australia : : Brisbane
Collector
Michell, Bob / Stan Arthur / Ken McGoldrick
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Src Contents
Text; Music
(VT150CD)
The same is true of Lenny Whiting, retired horseman of Stradbroke, Suffolk, who tells us of his life with horses in a short extract. He also contributes four songs, which it is wonderful to see included, as he will no longer sing in public - two traditional songs, The Northern Soldier (a version of The Outlandish Knight)
The Northern Soldier
Roud Folksong Index (S356272)
46 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Northern soldier came from the northlands
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
East Anglia Sounds EAS 001 ('Horsemen's Harvest')
Performer
Whiting, Lenny
Place
England : Suffolk
Collector
Date collected
Format
Sound recording
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The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S186765)
108 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Lie there, lie there you false-hearted man
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
BBC recording 17794
Performer
Westaway, Bill
Place
England : Devon : Belstone
Collector
Kennedy, Peter
Date collected
1952 (26 May)
Format
Sound recording
Src Contents
Audio
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The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S329212)
155 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Percy Grainger Phonograph (Cylinder) Collection (VWML CDA Tape Collection Nos.10-11)
Performer
Leaning, Joseph
Place
England : Lincolnshire : Brigg
Collector
Grainger, Percy
Date collected
1908 (26 May)
Format
Sound recording
Src Contents
Audi0
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The Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S186767)
169 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Outlandish knight came from the North land, An
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
BBC recording 22173
Performer
Lowne, Bill
Place
England : Norfolk : Cley-next-the-sea
Collector
Ennis, Seamus
Date collected
1955 (17 Nov)
Format
Sound recording
Src Contents
Audio
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Stemp, Mr. & Mrs.
Place
England : Sussex : Trotton
Collector
Carey, Clive
Date collected
1912 (1/3 Jan)
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Don't Prittle Nor Prattle
Roud Folksong Index (S406954)
201 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Don't prittle nor prattle my pretty parrot
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Gloucester Journal (17 Nov 1877)
Performer
G., W.H.
Place
England : Gloucestershire : Forest of Dean
Collector
Date collected
1877c
Format
Printed : Newspaper
Src Contents
Frag. text
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Outlandish Knight
Roud Folksong Index (S248110)
271 of approx 1105 results
First Line
Outlandish knight to the northlands came, An
Roud No
21 [Search for 21 in the current indexes]
Other nums
Child 4
Source
Gwilym Davies Collection
Performer
Hill, Charlie
Place
England : Devon : Spreyton
Collector
Davies, Gwilym
Date collected
1985 (Nov) / 1989 (12 Nov) / 1986 (21 Jan)
Format
Sound recording
Src Contents
Au