Roud Number 136: King Orfeo (18 Listings)
[The Davis entry has been shown to be a different ballad and not a version of the Child ballad "King Orfeo." I have no idea why The Blind Beggar's Daughter of Bethnal Green is entered here.
R. Matteson 2011]
KING ORFEO
Source: Caedmon TC 1145 / Topic 12T 160 (`Child Ballads 1')
Performer: Stickle, John
Place collected: Scotland : Shetland : Lerwick
Collector: Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick
KING ORFEO
Source- Spring: Lore & Language 3:10 (1984) pp.41-52
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BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BETHNAL GREEN, THE
Source: Madden Collection 20 (Country Printers 5) [VWML mfilm No.87) Item no.436
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BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER, THE
Source: Madden Collection 20 (Country Printers 5) [VWML mfilm No.87) Item no.308
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BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER, THE
Source: Madden Collection 20 (Country Printers 5) [VWML mfilm No.87) Item no.425
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BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER, THE
Source: Madden Collection 20 (Country Printers 5) [VWML mfilm No.87) Item no.477
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KING ORFEO
Source: BBC recording 18624
Performer: Stickle, John
Place collected: Scotland : Shetland : Lerwick
Collector: Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick
KING ORFEO
Source: Folktracks 60-501 (`Bonny Barbara Allen')
Performer: Stickle, John
Place collected: Scotland : Shetland : Unst
Collector: Shaw, Pat
KING ORFEO
Source: Bronson, Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 1 p.275
Performer: Stickle, John
Place collected
Scotland : Shetland : Unst
Collector
Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick
KING ORFEO
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Davis, More Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1960) pp.79-80
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USA : Virginia
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KING ORFEO
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Coffin, Brit. Trad. Ballad in N. America (1977 edn.) p.44
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USA / Canada
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KING ORFEO
Source: Kinsley, Oxford Book of Ballads (1969 edn.) pp.62-64
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Scotland : Shetland : Unst
Collector
Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick (Text)
KING ORFEO
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Child, Vol.1 pp.215-217 (No.19)
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Scotland : Shetland : Unst
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KING ORPHEO
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Davis, More Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1960) pp.89-91
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Smith, R.E. Lee & Thomas P.
Place collected
USA : Virginia : Palmyra
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KING ORPHEUS
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Lyle, Scottish Ballads pp.135-136
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Scotland : Shetland : North Yell
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KING ORFEO
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Rounder CD 1775 ('Classic Ballads 1')
Performer
Stickle, John
Place collected
Scotland : Shetland : Lerwick
Collector
Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick
KING ORFEO
Source
Journal of English Folk Dance & Song Soc. 5:2 (1947) pp.77-78
Performer
Stickle, John
Place collected
Scotland : Unst : Baltasound
Collector
Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick
KING ORFEO
Source
Buchan, Scottish Tradition (1984) pp.148-149
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Scotland : Shetland : Gloup
Collector
Sutherland, Bruce