US & Canada Versions: 95 A. Derry Gaol, The Gallows
[For now, only two texts have been added]
[Identified by Barry as an Irish ballad, Derry Goal, The Gallows, or The Streets of Derry has been collected many in New England and Canada. It has been collected by Barry (Maine) Leach (Labrador) Creighton/Fowke (Nova Scotia), Moores (Oklahoma) and Flanders (New England).
R. Matteson 2015]
CONTENTS:
James Derry- LeBrine (VT) 1938 Flanders C
The Dreary Gallows- Hayes (ME) 1940 Flanders D
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Texts to be added:
Mrs. Alice Robie, New Hampshire, U. S. A., 1941. Source: Helen Hartness Flanders, Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England, 3 vols. (Philadelphia, 1960-1963), III, 34-36.
Sidney Luther, New Hampshire, U. S. A., 1941. Source: Flanders, Ancient Ballads, III, 31-34.
Ned Odell, Labrador, Canada, 1960. Source: MacEdward Leach, Folk Ballads and Songs of the Labrador Coast (Ottawa, 1965), pp. 90-91.
John Bray, Nova Scotia, Canada, n. d. Source: Helen Creighton and Doreen Senior, Traditional Songs from Nova Scotia (Toronto, 1950), pp. 110--111.
Annie V. Marston, Maine, U. S. A., 1926. Source: Phillips Barry, Fannie H. Eckstorm, and Mary W. Smyth, British Ballads from Maine (New Haven, their courtesy in making these archives available, and to D. K. and Ebby Wilgus, Edith Fowke, and Hugh Shields for their very generous assistance in furnishing variants.
Hanford Hayes, Maine, U. S. A., 1942. Source: Flanders, Ancient Ballads, III, 30-31.
Charles Finnemore, Maine, U.S.A., 1941. Source: Flanders, Ancient Ballads, III, 37-39.
Mrs. A. G. Hattie, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1950. Source: Creighton and Senior, Traditional Songs, p. 112.
Ernest Sprague, Maine, U. S. A., 1928. Source: Barry, Eckstorm, and Smyth, British Ballads, p. 391. Reprint: Bronson, Traditional Tunes, II, 474.
Elmer George and Mrs. Myra Daniels, Vermont, U. S. A., 1938. Source: Flanders, Ancient Ballads, III, 27-29.
Mrs. Emma Morrisey, Ontario, Canada, 1961. Collected by Edith Fowke. Source: personal communication.
Ben Henneberry, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1948. Source: Creighton and Senior, Traditional Songs, pp. 110--111. Recording: LC-AFS 9191 B 26.
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