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No. 39. O Waly, Waly

I have collected five variants of this song. The words are so closely allied to the well-known Scottish ballad, “Waly, Waly, up the bank” (''Orpheus Caledonius''), that I have published them under the same title. A close variant is to be found in ''Songs of the West'' (No. 86, 2d ed.) under the heading “A Ship came Sailing.” Mr. Baring-Gould, in a note to the latter, points out that the third stanza is in “The Distressed Virgin,” a ballad by Martin Parker, printed by J.Coles, 1646–74.

The traditional “Waly, Waly” is part of a long ballad, “Lord Jamie Douglas,” printed in the appendix to Motherwell’s ''Minstrelsy''. Its origin seems very obscure. The tune is given in Rimbault’s ''Musical Illustrations'' of Percy’s ''Reliques'' (p. 102); in Chambers’s ''Scottish Songs'' prior to Burns (p. 280); and elsewhere.

Cecil Sharp's Note 39 (1916) - Revision history

Lewis Jones: Created page with "No. 39. O Waly, Waly I have collected five variants of this song. The words are so closely allied to the well-known Scottish ballad, “Waly, Waly, up the bank” (''Orpheus..."