King Estmere is an English and Scottish Child ballad and number 60 of 305 ballads collected by Francis James Child. King Estmere's brother Alder the Younger...
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to flee England because of an attempt to assassinate King John (legendarily attributed to King John's attempts to seduce Matilda). The "Matilda" theory...
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Kay King Arthur and King Cornwall King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth King Estmere King Henry King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France King John...
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includes a character called Tomalin who is a vassal and kinsman of Oberon, King of the Fairies. Robert Burns wrote a version of Tam Lin based on older versions...
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free some of his captured men. In Stephen R. Lawhead's 2006 novel Hood (King Raven Trilogy), Sir Guy, a knight-soldier, is the chief henchman of Abbott...
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Sir Orfeo (redirect from King Orfeo)
14th century. It retells the story of Orpheus as a king who rescues his wife from the fairy king. The folk song Orfeo (Roud 136, Child 19) is based on...
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Notes to The Praise of King Olaf – Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD, Specialist Recording Company Ltd. [1] "Philip the King by John Masefield"...
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Kay King Arthur and King Cornwall King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth King Estmere King Henry King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France King John...
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Kay King Arthur and King Cornwall King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth King Estmere King Henry King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France King John...
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tales. A large part of the collection is about Robin Hood; some are about King Arthur. A few of the ballads are rather bawdy. Many Child Ballads have subsequently...
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