User contributions for Steve Gardham

17 January 2009

• 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...
• 22:5522:55, 13 January 2009 diff hist +289‎ N 124: The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 124. The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield Mentioned in the Stationers Register in 1557 but this version has not survived. It is in Percy's Folio Manuscript, the garlan...
• 22:5122:51, 13 January 2009 diff hist +271‎ N 123: Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 123. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar In Percy's Folio Manuscript, the 1663 garland and broadsides in the Pepys and Douce Collections amongst others. William Cha...
• 22:4522:45, 13 January 2009 diff hist +189‎ N 122: Robin Hood and the Butcher ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 122. Robin Hood and the Butcher In Percy's Folio Manuscript, the 1663 garlands and broadsides in the Douce and Roxburgh collections. Not found in oral tradition...
• 22:4122:41, 13 January 2009 diff hist +210‎ N 121: Robin Hood and the Potter ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 121. Robin Hood and the Potter Sole copy from a Cambridge University Library manuscript, c1500. The plot also exists in play form c1634. No reliable examples fo...
• 22:3622:36, 13 January 2009 diff hist +497‎ N 120: Robin Hood's Death ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 120. Robin Hood's Death In Percy's Folio Manuscript and also printed on seventeenth century broadsides. The story is also told in 'Gest', Child 117. I have onl...
• 22:2322:23, 13 January 2009 diff hist +420‎ N 119: Robin Hood and the Monk ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 119. Robin Hood and the Monk From a manuscript in Cambridge University Library c1450. Sole version. Child praises the descriptive elements of the first two stan...
• 22:1722:17, 13 January 2009 diff hist +232‎ N 118: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 118. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne Sole copy in Percy's Folio Manuscript. A fragment of a dramatic piece exists dated 1475 which is obviously closely related t...
• 22:1022:10, 13 January 2009 diff hist +818‎ N 117: A Gest of Robyn Hode ‎ New page: == Headline text == Child 117. A Gest of Robyn Hode There has been much conjecture on the origins of this, one of the earliest of the RH ballads. Child documents several copies in print,...

7 December 2008

• 22:2722:27, 7 December 2008 diff hist +682‎ m Child 293 Comment ‎No edit summary
• 22:1722:17, 7 December 2008 diff hist +15‎ m Child 293 Comment ‎No edit summary
• 22:1622:16, 7 December 2008 diff hist +177‎ m Child 293 Comment ‎No edit summary
• 21:5421:54, 7 December 2008 diff hist +6,726‎ N Child 293 Comment ‎ New page: Child 293 John of Hazelgreen Although he was well aware of this ballad before he embarked upon the ESPB, Child, quite rightfully in my opinion, placed it in his last volume amongst thos...

4 December 2008

• 23:3323:33, 4 December 2008 diff hist +2,843‎ N 293: John of Hazelgreen ‎ New page: == John of Hazelgreen Child 293 Roud 250 == Number of versions in : Child 4, Bronson 28 This version, apparently unique as a broadside, appears on the Bodleian Broadside Ballad websit...
• 20:2120:21, 4 December 2008 diff hist +289‎ m Child 295 Comment ‎No edit summary current
• 20:1320:13, 4 December 2008 diff hist −1‎ m Child 15/16 Comment ‎No edit summary current

3 December 2008

• 23:4623:46, 3 December 2008 diff hist +3,809‎ N Talk:295: The Brown Girl ‎ New page: == Child 295 The Brown Girl == Both of the versions of Child 295 were sent to Child by the Reverend Sabine Baring Gould. It is my considered opinion that 295B is a collation by Baring Go...
• 23:4223:42, 3 December 2008 diff hist +4,739‎ N 295: The Brown Girl ‎ New page: The Brown Girl Child 295A Roud Number-pending Versions in Child 1 Bronson 0 The Cruel Nymph. A new Song. No imprint. C1790 Source: Madden Collection, VWML microfilms 71 / 41...

1 December 2008

• 15:1115:11, 1 December 2008 diff hist +8‎ Child 15/16 Comment ‎No edit summary
• 15:0915:09, 1 December 2008 diff hist +4,537‎ N Child 15/16 Comment ‎ New page: Child 15/16 Sheath and Knife (No title given) Helena Mennie Shire, ed., Poems from Panmure House (Cambridge 1960), pp 13-19 as written into his Music Commonplace Book by Robert Edwards in ...

30 November 2008

• 17:4317:43, 30 November 2008 diff hist +1‎ User:Steve Gardham ‎No edit summary
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12 November 2008

• 22:0922:09, 12 November 2008 diff hist −1‎ m Talk:Song Template ‎No edit summary
• 22:0722:07, 12 November 2008 diff hist +850‎ N Talk:Song Template ‎ New page: == '''Song Title:- Hedon Road Gaol''' == Roud number:- 1077 Sung by:- Unknown aged female, Hull, Yorkshire, from a field recording See text, score and notes and listen to recording as su...
• 21:4921:49, 12 November 2008 diff hist +220‎ Nm Talk:Gown of Green, The ‎ New page: I detect here in these 2 texts something which SteveR perhaps needs to address. If the second text is the answer surely they are 2 separate songs and therefore they need 2 different Roud n... current
• 21:3721:37, 12 November 2008 diff hist +563‎ Talk:Regional ‎No edit summary current
• 21:2521:25, 12 November 2008 diff hist +110‎ m User talk:Steve Gardham ‎No edit summary current