User contributions for Steve Gardham

21 March 2009

• 23:1123:11, 21 March 2009 diff hist +6,420‎ N 209: Geordie ‎ New page: Maiden’s Lamentation for her Georgy 1 As I rode over London bridge, ‘Twas in the morning early, There did I spy a maiden fair, Lamenting for her Georgy. 2 Georgy never stole ox or cow...
• 23:0623:06, 21 March 2009 diff hist +10,782‎ N Child 209 Comment ‎ New page: On the early history of this ballad we can add very little of great significance to what was known in Child’s time. That there were at least three separate but related ballads seemingly ...

7 February 2009

• 00:0600:06, 7 February 2009 diff hist +3,377‎ N Child 8 Comment ‎ New page: The sources of Child’s A version of ‘Erlinton’ from Scott’s Minstrelsy are given in full in the additions and corrections in Volume 4. Although Scott claims to have collated the t... current

6 February 2009

• 23:5123:51, 6 February 2009 diff hist +10,319‎ N Child 7 Comment ‎ New page: Although Child understandably put together ‘Earl Brand’ (EB) and ‘Lord Douglas’s Tragedy’ (LDT) under one number the two ballads have very little text in common, and though they... current

23 January 2009

• 10:4410:44, 23 January 2009 diff hist +283‎ N 154: A True Tale of Robin Hood ‎ New page: This, the last of Child’s RH ballads, was written by that well-known prolific ballad writer, Martin Parker, and the Stationers’ Register entry for printer Francis Grove is in 1632. A ...
• 10:4210:42, 23 January 2009 diff hist +482‎ N 153: Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight ‎ New page: Here we have a sequel to 152. It is from the mid-eighteenth century garlands and was likely composed for that medium as filler. Child’s comment is appropriate here, ‘Written, perhaps,...
• 10:4110:41, 23 January 2009 diff hist +410‎ N 152: Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow ‎ New page: Like 151 this ballad appeared in Garlands in the mid-eighteenth century and like 151 was probably composed to fill out a garland. As Child states, ‘The first twenty-three stanzas are ba...
• 10:3810:38, 23 January 2009 diff hist +608‎ N 151: The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood ‎ New page: No versions of this ballad have been found that are older than the mid-eighteenth century when it appeared in garlands and on broadsides. Ritson’s very plausible pronouncement backed by...
• 10:3710:37, 23 January 2009 diff hist +508‎ N 150: Robin Hood and Maid Marian ‎ New page: This ballad only existed on one broadside with no imprint, to be found in the Wood Collection. Its author is one SS hitherto unidentified. Child describes it as ‘this foolish ditty’ ...
• 10:3410:34, 23 January 2009 diff hist +608‎ N 149: Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage ‎ New page: This ballad only appeared on broadsides in the latter half of the seventeenth century and it is unlikely that it is older than that. It incorporates characters and bits and pieces from ea...
• 10:3210:32, 23 January 2009 diff hist +955‎ N 148: The Noble Fisherman or Robin Hood's Preferment ‎ New page: This ballad was entered in the Stationers’ Register for 1631. Plenty of versions survive on seventeenth century broadsides in all the major collections and it appeared in the 1663 and 1... current
• 10:2810:28, 23 January 2009 diff hist +803‎ N 147: Robin Hood's Golden Prize ‎ New page: The earliest version of this ballad was printed by Francis Grove c1620-55 (Wood Collection) but its entry in the Stationers’ Register is for 1656. This broadside has the initials of the... current
• 10:2610:26, 23 January 2009 diff hist +835‎ N 146: Robin Hood's Chase ‎ New page: Beginning with a summary of 145 ‘RH and Queen Katherine’, Child described it as a sequel to 145. It appeared in the Garlands 0f 1663 and 1670 and seventeenth century broadsides of it ... current
• 10:2410:24, 23 January 2009 diff hist +597‎ N 145: Robin Hood and Queen Katherine ‎ New page: The earliest version of this ballad is in Percy’s Folio Manuscript and it appears on seventeenth century broadsides in the Wood, Pepys and Roxburghe Collections, and in the 1663 and 167... current
• 10:2210:22, 23 January 2009 diff hist +1,007‎ N 143: Robin Hood and the Bishop ‎ New page: Apart from its appearance in later collections the only printings of this ballad were on sheets of the seventeenth century, the earliest being printed by Francis Grove c1620-55 (Wood Coll... current
• 10:1910:19, 23 January 2009 diff hist +787‎ N 144: Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford ‎ New page: Child mentions a stall copy of this ballad in Robin Hood’s Garland of 1749, and a version of the stall ballad somewhat rewritten occurs in Elizabeth Cotton’s Manuscript Song Book whic... current
• 10:1610:16, 23 January 2009 diff hist +1,082‎ N 142: Little John a Begging ‎ New page: The oldest version is in the Percy Folio Manuscript. A Gilbertson printed broadside c1640-63 is in the Wood Collection. It also appears in the garlands of 1663 and 1670 and similar versio... current
• 10:1310:13, 23 January 2009 diff hist +783‎ N 141: Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly ‎ New page: This ballad is to be found in all of the well-known collections of seventeenth century broadsides and it is found in the 1663 and 1670 Garlands. It continued to be printed in the eighteen... current
• 10:1010:10, 23 January 2009 diff hist +1,014‎ N 140: Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires ‎ New page: The earliest version of this ballad is found in the Percy Folio Manuscript of the seventeenth century, but it doesn’t appear in print until the following century when it appears widely ... current
• 10:0710:07, 23 January 2009 diff hist +847‎ N 139: Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham ‎ New page: In both the 1663 and the 1670 Garlands and on various seventeenth century broadsides in the Wood, Douce, Roxburghe and Pepys Collections, the earliest printing being by Francis Grove in L... current
• 10:0410:04, 23 January 2009 diff hist +1,057‎ N 138: Robin Hood and Allen a Dale ‎ New page: Though not in the 1663/1670 Garlands it was printed on broadsides in the seventeenth century and copies can be found in the Douce, Roxburghe and Pepys Collections, and continued to be pri... current
• 10:0110:01, 23 January 2009 diff hist +886‎ N 137: Robin Hood and the Pedlars ‎ New page: I have no other copies of this ballad in any other collections (although Gutch published it). This is not surprising as it comes via J. Payne Collier, a noted forger. Child’s first para... current
• 09:5809:58, 23 January 2009 diff hist +701‎ N 136: Robin Hood's Delight ‎ New page: This ballad was printed in the 1663 and 1670 Garlands and is on broadsides in the Wood (1660) and Pepys (1689) Collections. It was reprinted by Sheppard and by Evans, both of London, in t... current
• 09:5409:54, 23 January 2009 diff hist +456‎ N 135: Robin Hood and the Shepherd ‎ New page: This ballad was printed in the 1663 and 1670 Garlands and is on broadsides in the Wood (1660) and Pepys (1689) Collections. A version somewhat later was printed by L How of London and a c... current
• 09:4909:49, 23 January 2009 diff hist +1,821‎ N 134: Robin Hood and the Beggar, II ‎ New page: Child’s published version is a collation of a modern (eighteenth century) printed Newcastle version republished by Ritson in 1795 in his famous ‘Robin Hood’ collection of ballads, a... current

17 January 2009

• 00:1800:18, 17 January 2009 diff hist −1‎ m 131: Robin Hood and the Ranger ‎No edit summary current
• 00:1600:16, 17 January 2009 diff hist −8‎ m Francis J Child ‎ →‎[[Introduction to the Robin Hood Ballads]]
• 00:1500:15, 17 January 2009 diff hist −1‎ m 127: Robin Hood and the Tinker ‎No edit summary current
• 00:1200:12, 17 January 2009 diff hist +899‎ N 133: Robin Hood and the Beggar, I ‎ New page: This ballad appeared in the 1663 and 1670 Garlands and the same version in the Wood, Pepys and Roxburghe broadside collections. We can do no better than quote Child himself here: 'The co... current

16 January 2009

• 23:5323:53, 16 January 2009 diff hist +81‎ 132: The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood ‎No edit summary current
• 23:5123:51, 16 January 2009 diff hist +1,441‎ N 132: The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood ‎ New page: The first appearance of this popular ballad is in 'Captain Delaney's Garland' of 1775 [BL 1346.m.7(9)] where it is titled 'Robin Hood and the Proud Pedlar'. Child gives this and an oral v...

15 January 2009

• 22:3322:33, 15 January 2009 diff hist +467‎ N 131: Robin Hood and the Ranger ‎ New page: A stall version is found on eighteenth century garlands by the likes of Dicey which are in the Bodleian Library. It is a typical street ballad and the language is decidedly modern. Sheppa...
• 22:2622:26, 15 January 2009 diff hist +245‎ N 130: Robin Hood and the Scotchman ‎ New page: In the Garland of 1663 and the Wood and Roxburghe Collections. It was originally an appended conclusion to 128. It appeared in an expanded form on an Irish garland of 1796. Bronson gives... current
• 22:2122:21, 15 January 2009 diff hist +905‎ N 129: Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon ‎ New page: Broadsides of the seventeenth century are located in the Pepys and Roxburghe Collections with the title 'Robin Hood, Will Scadlock and Little John'. Child states 'This is only a pseudo-ch... current
• 22:0322:03, 15 January 2009 diff hist +182‎ N 128: Robin Hood Newly Revived ‎ New page: In the Garland of 1663 and the Wood, Pepys and Douce Collections of seventeenth century broadsides. Bronson gives notes that the tune is that of 125/126. Not found in oral tradition.
• 22:0022:00, 15 January 2009 diff hist +337‎ N 127: Robin Hood and the Tinker ‎ New page: Seventeenth century broadside versions appear in Wood, Pepys and Douce Collections but it is not given in either the 1660 or 1670 Garlands. Child states of it 'The fewest words will best ...
• 21:5421:54, 15 January 2009 diff hist +14‎ m 126: Robin Hood and the Tanner ‎No edit summary current
• 21:5121:51, 15 January 2009 diff hist +933‎ N 126: Robin Hood and the Tanner ‎ New page: First appeared in the Garland of 1663 and there are seventeenth century broadside printings of this version in the Wood and Pepys Collections. Sheppard printed an upmarket broadside versi...

14 January 2009

• 23:0223:02, 14 January 2009 diff hist +156‎ m 125: Robin Hood and Little John ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:4822:48, 14 January 2009 diff hist +118‎ m 124: The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:4122:41, 14 January 2009 diff hist +55‎ m 123: Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:3722:37, 14 January 2009 diff hist +33‎ m 122: Robin Hood and the Butcher ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:3422:34, 14 January 2009 diff hist +44‎ m 120: Robin Hood's Death ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:3222:32, 14 January 2009 diff hist +2‎ m 119: Robin Hood and the Monk ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:3022:30, 14 January 2009 diff hist 0‎ m 118: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne ‎ →‎Headline text
• 22:2922:29, 14 January 2009 diff hist −24‎ m 117: A Gest of Robyn Hode ‎ →‎Headline text
• 22:2822:28, 14 January 2009 diff hist −38‎ m 121: Robin Hood and the Potter ‎ →‎Headline text current
• 22:2522:25, 14 January 2009 diff hist +1‎ m Introduction to the Robin Hood Ballads ‎ →‎Bronson and the Tunes current
• 22:2422:24, 14 January 2009 diff hist +1,926‎ Introduction to the Robin Hood Ballads ‎No edit summary

13 January 2009

• 23:1723:17, 13 January 2009 diff hist +1,622‎ N 125: Robin Hood and Little John ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 125. Robin Hood and Little John This first appears in the book 'A Collection of Old Ballads' published in 1723. Then on broadsides by the likes of Dicey and Mar...