Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
This morning we listened to a selection of Child Ballads (a set of 305 folk tunes from Scotland and England, collected by James Francis Child in the 19th century). We listened to versions by Scottish, English, and Irish singers as well as variants from Appalachia. We had a whole block of variants of the Maid Freed From the Gallows, another comprised of all riddle songs, and another block made up of songs about supernatural beings.
You can find an extended (5 hour) playlist of Child Ballads here that includes the songs from this episode and much more.
Thanks for listening!
John Jacob Niles, “Who's Goin' To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?”
Master Classics - 2011
Lead Belly, “Gallows Pole”
from Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Smithsonian Folkways - 2015
John Jacob Niles, “The Maid Freed From The Gallows”
from My Precarious Life In the Public Domain
Cherry Red - 1940
Archie Fisher, “Thomas the Rhymer”
from Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition
Great Smoky Mountains Association - 2017
Thomas the Rhymer, “Ewan MacColl”
from Classic English and Scottish Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2017
Jean Redpath, “Riddles Wisely Expounded (feat. Abby Newton)”
from Lowlands (feat. Abby Newton)
Philio - 1975
Texas Gladden, “Devil's Nine Questions”
from Virginia Traditions: Ballads from British Tradition
Global Village Music - 2015
Ewan MacColl, “Proud Lady Margaret (Child 47)”
from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Child Ballads, Vol. 2
Folkways Records
Carol Elizabeth Jones, “Barbry Allen”
from Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition
Great Smoky Mountains Association - 2017
Jean Ritchie, “Lord Randall”
from British Traditional Ballads In the Southern Mountains: Child Ballads, Vol. 2
Folkways Records - 1960
Peggy Seeger, “Broomfield Hill”
from Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
Folkways Records - 1992
Emily Robinson Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution March 15th, 2021
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