"The Carnal and the Crane" (Child 55, Roud 306) is an English Christmas carol. It depicts a conversation between two birds—apparently, although the species...
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and adult stage name of the American comedian and actor Chevy Chase (born Cornelius Crane Chase, 1943). The ballad has given the English language the...
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in 1896 and the second half of the 1960s, all of them before 1910. The oldest version of the ballad – labeled 243 A in Child's anthology and originally...
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article: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads/Part 1/Chapter 26 "The Three Ravens" (Roud 5, Child 26) is an English folk ballad, printed in the songbook...
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Guy of Gisbourne (redirect from Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne)
Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118)...
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from the rivalry of James Stewart, Earl of Moray (pronounced Murray), and the Earl of Huntly, which culminated in Huntly's murder of Moray in 1592. The exact...
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with the Wise Men as the heroes, appears in Child ballad 55, "The Carnal and the Crane". The miraculous restoration of a rooster to life is a common motif...
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or "Binnorie", "The Cruel Sister", "The Wind and Rain", "Dreadful Wind and Rain", "The Bonny Swans" and the "Bonnie Bows of London". The ballad was collected...
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Maid Marian (redirect from Robin Hood and Maid Marian)
early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circumstances are obscure, but she commanded high...
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Tam Lin (section Popular recordings of the ballad)
folktales. The story has been adapted into numerous stories, songs and films. It is listed as the 39th Child Ballad and number 35 in the Roud Folk Song...
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