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Contents
The songs without recorded versions are displayed in italic
1. Riddles Wisely Expounded
2. The Elfin Knight
3. The Fause Knight on the Road
4. Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
5. Gil Brenton
6. Willie's Lady
7. Earl Brand
8. Erlinton
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
10. The Twa Sisters
11. The Cruel Brother
12. Lord Rendal
13. Edward
14. Babylon ( Read more... ) -
19. King Orfeo
Archie Fisher - Orfeo (from "Orfeo"):
John Stickle - King Orfeo (from "Folk Songs of Great Britain", Vol. 4):
Malinky - King Orfeo (from "The Unseen Hours"):
Steeleye Span - Orfeo / Nathan's Reel (from "The Rocket Cottage"):
Frankie Armstrong - Young Orphy (from "'Till the Grass O'ergrew the Corn"):
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18. Sir Lionel
Ewan MacColl - Sir Eglamore (from "Long Harvest, Vol.4"):
Jean Ritchie - Old Bangum (from "Ballads From Her Appalachian Tradition"):
John Jacob Niles - Old Bangum (from "The Ballads"):
John Roberts and Tony Barrand - Old Bangum (from "Twiddlum Twaddlum"):
Johnny Collins - The Jovial Hunter (from "Johnny's Private Army"):
Peggy Seeger - Old ( Read more... ) -
17. Hind Horn
Ewan MacColl - Hind Horn (from "The Ballads")
Ewan MacColl - The Bleacher Lass Of Kelvinhaugh (from "Still I Love Him")
Maddy Prior - Hind Horn (from "Ballads and Candles")
Brian Peters - Hind Horn (from "The Lines")
Dave Burland - The Bleacher Lass Of Kelvinhaugh (from "A Dalesman's Litany")
Bandoggs - Hind Horn (from "Bandoggs")
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16. Sheath & Knife
Ewan MacColl - Sheath & Knife (from "Solo Flight"):
Maddy Prior - Sheath & Knife (from "Flesh and Blood"):
Gordeanna McCulloch - Sheath And Knife (from "Sheath And Knife"):
Eliza Carthy - Sheath And Knife (from "Heat, Light And Sound"):
Tony Rose - Sheath and Knife (from "Under the Greenwood Tree"):
Jean Redpath - Sheath and Knife (from "Now ( Read more... ) -
15. Leesom Brand
I'm not aware of any English version of this ballad.
Here goes the Dutch one. (it seems to be the same ballad according to this source)
Wolverlei - Een Ruiter Langs De Straat (from "Wind Tegen"):
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14. Babylon or The Bonnie Banks o Fordie
Betsy Miller & Ewan MacColl - Bonnie Banks O'Airdrie (from "A Garland Of Scots Folksong")
Dick Gaughan - The Bonnie Banks o' Fordie (from "No More Forever")
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The Bonnie Banks of Airdree-O (from "The Long Harvest", vol.5)
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The Burly Burly Banks Of Barbree-O (from "The Long Harvest", vol.5 ( Read more... ) -
13. Edward
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - Edward (from "The Long Harvest", vol.8)
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - What Brought The Blood Upon Yout Right Shoulder, Dear (from "The Long Harvest", vol.8)
Jean Ritchie - Edward (from "Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition")
John Jacob Niles - Edward (from "My Precarious Life in the Public Domain")
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12. Lord Rendal
Brian Peters - Lord Randal (from "Songs Of Trial And Triumph")
Len Graham and Padraigin Ni Uallachainn - Henry My Son (from "When I Was Young")
Dick Gaughan - Lord Randal (from "Kist O'Gold")
High Level Ranters - Billy Boy (from "Northumberland Forever")
Battlefield band - Lord Randall (from "Out For The Night")
Betsy Miller and Ewan MacColl - ( Read more... ) -
11. The Cruel Brother
Archie Fisher - The Cruel Brother (from "The Man With A Rhyme")
Battlefield Band - The Cruel Brother (from "Opening Moves")
Colin Thompson - The Three Knights (from "Three Knights")
Cyril Tawney - The Three Knights (from "The Outlandish Knight")
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The Cruel Brother (from "Blood And Roses", vol.2)
Five Hand Reel - The ( Read more... )