Child Ballads

~ Work series

Works

#	Work	Writers	Artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics Languages	Attributes	Rating
1	The Three Sisters (aka Riddles Wisely Expounded / The Devil's Nine Questions / Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary / Bow Down to the Bonny Broom)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Steeleye Span Burl Ives Bruce Molsky Magpie Lane (show 8 more)		Song	English
2	The Elfin Knight (aka Scarborough Fair / Whittingham Fair / Rosemary Lane; title is easily confused with Child #4, check lyrics)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Shirley Collins Kate Rusby Espers (show 7 more)		Song	English
3	The False Knight on the Road	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Simon Nicol Tim Hart & Maddy Prior Gilmore & Roberts Artus Moser Charles Jordan & Joyce Sullivan		Song	English
4	The Outlandish Knight (title is easily confused with Child #2, check lyrics)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Nic Jones Martin Carthy Steeleye Span Fred Jordan (show 20 more)		Song	English
5	Gil Brenton	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)			Song	English
6	Willie's Lady	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Martin Carthy Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer Lady Maisery		Song	English
7	Earl Brand	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Henry McGregor Ewan MacColl		Song	English
8	Erlinton	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)			Song	English
9	The Fair Flower of Northumberland	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Rachel Unthank & the Winterset		Song	English
10	The Two Sisters (aka The Wind and the Rain / The Bows of London / Cruel Sister)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Clannad The Pentangle Tom Waits Crooked Still (show 34 more)		Song	English
11	The Cruel Brother (aka The Three Knights / The Rose and the Lily)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Battlefield Band Archie Fisher Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson Lau The Shee		Song	English
12	Lord Randall (aka What Had You for Supper / Buried in Kilkenny / The Wild, Wild Berry)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Martin Carthy The Dublin Ramblers Buffy Sainte‐Marie Bram Taylor (show 8 more)		Song	English
13	Edward (aka My Son David / Henry)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span Nic Jones Alasdair Roberts Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller (show 4 more)		Song	English
14	The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (aka Babylon)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Old Blind Dogs M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates Nic Jones Malinky (show 2 more)		Song	English
15	Leesome Brand	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)			Song	English
16	Sheath and Knife	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Corrina Hewat M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates Ewan MacColl Eliza Carthy (show 2 more)		Song	English
17	Hind Horn	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Maddy Prior Ewan MacColl Brian Peters Chris Coe The Furrow Collective		Song	English
18	Bold Sir Rylas (aka Sir Lionel / Rackabello)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Spiers & Boden The Furrow Collective Waterson:Carthy Martin Carthy		Song	English
19	Orfeo (aka King Orfeo / Young Orphy)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Anna & Elizabeth Coleman Grey Andrew Calhoun		Song	English
20	The Cruel Mother (aka Greenwood Sidey / The Lady of York / Fine Flowers in the Valley)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Steeleye Span Judy Collins Simpson Cutting Kerr (show 20 more)		Song	English
21	The Maid and the Palmer (aka The Well Below the Valley)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Steeleye Span Brass Monkey Jon Boden Green Ribbons (show 4 more)		Song	English
24	The Banks of Green Willow / The Green Banks of Yarrow / Bonnie Annie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Mrs. Maguire		Song	English
25	Willie's Lyke-Wake	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)			Song	Scots
26	The Three Ravens (Child 26, Roud 5)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré Andreas Scholl, Andreas Martin Boiled in Lead (show 7 more)		Song	English Scots
26	The Three Ravens (Child 26, Roud 5)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré Andreas Scholl, Andreas Martin Boiled in Lead (show 7 more)		Song	English Scots
37	Thomas the Rhymer	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span Ewan MacColl Clan Alba		Song	English
39	Tam Lin	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Fairport Convention Anne Briggs Mike Waterson A. L. Lloyd (show 5 more)		Song	English
43	Broomfield Hill (aka The Broomfield Wager / A Wager, A Wager)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Tim Hart and Maddy Prior Martin Carthy John Roberts & Tony Barrand June Tabor (show 15 more)		Song	English
44	Two Magicians	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span John Roberts & Tony Barrand A. L. Lloyd Dave Swarbrick (show 6 more)		Song	English
46	Captain Wedderburn's Courtship	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Great Big Sea Ian & Sylvia Ewan MacColl Thomas Moran (show 2 more)		Song	English
49	The Twa Brothers	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist, writer)	Silly Wizard Peggy Seeger and Ewan Mac Coll Rattle On The Stovepipe		Song	English Scots
53	Young Beichan	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Jean Ritchie Stray Hens Maryam Chemirani, Sylvain Barou, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirâni The New Lost City Ramblers Ollie Gilbert		Song	English
54	The Cherry-Tree Carol	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	José Feliciano Joan Baez The Pentangle Marlborough College Chapel Choir (show 18 more)		Song	English
55	King Herod and the Cock	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	The Watersons [traditional] Mark Gilston Greanvine		Song	English
56	Dives and Lazarus	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Becky Taylor		Song	English
58	Sir Patrick Spens	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Fairport Convention Kris Drever Martin Carthy Michiel Schrey, Seán Dagher, Richard Irwin & David Gossage (show 8 more)		Song	English
65	Lady Maisry	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Country Parish Music		Song	English
67	Glasgerion	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist)	Trees		Song	English
68	Young Hunting (aka Henry Lee / Love Henry / The Proud Girl / Earl Richard)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Dick Justice John Roberts & Tony Barrand Ralph Stanley Karan Casey & John Doyle (show 2 more)		Song	English
69	Clerk Saunders	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	June Tabor		Song	Scots
73	Lord Thomas and Annet (aka Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Jean Ritchie Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Martin Simpson Mike Seeger		Song	English
74	Fair Margaret and Sweet William	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Pete Seeger Trees Shirley Collins Cordelia's Dad (show 14 more)		Song	English
75	Lord Lovell	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Jean Ritchie [unknown] Hennessys Country Parish Music		Song	English
76	The Lass of Roch Royal	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Judy Collins Jean Ritchie Lisa O'Neill Neil Morris		Song
77	Sweet William’s Ghost (aka Lady Margaret)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Kate Rusby Cassie Franklin Paddy Tunney Maggie Boyle (show 6 more)		Song	English
78	The Unquiet Grave	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Gryphon Joan Baez Lau Shirley Collins (show 36 more)		Song	English
79	The Wife of Usher's Well (no specific arrangement)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Steeleye Span Martin Carthy Hedy West [traditional] Hesperus		Song	English
81	Matty Groves	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fairport Convention Doc Watson Moriarty Robyn Hitchcock (show 10 more)		Song	English
84	Barbara Allen	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Joan Baez Shirley Collins Doris Day (show 41 more)		Song	English
93	Lamkin (traditional ballad)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)		Song	English
94	Young Waters	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	JSD Band		Song	English
95	The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Neil Young & Crazy Horse Spiers & Boden Judy Collins Jean Ritchie (show 5 more)		Song	English
100	Willie of Winsbury	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Anne Briggs The Pentangle Offa Rex Dick Gaughan (show 10 more)		Song	English
102	Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter / The Birth of Robin Hood (Also known as Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	The Owl Service		Song	English
104	Prince Heathen	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Martin Carthy The Furrow Collective		Song
105	The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Albert Beale Laura Cortese Danny Carnahan Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie Owen Brannigan, Elizabeth Harwood, Hendon Grammar School Choir, Pro Arte Orchestra, Charles Mackerras		Song	English
106	The Famous Flower of Serving Men (aka The Border Widow's Lament)		Martin Carthy Steeleye Span June Tabor The Demon Barbers Kathryn Tickell & Ensemble Mystical		Song	English
110	The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Steeleye Span John Strachan The Young Tradition		Song	English
112	The Baffled Knight	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist) [anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) (composer)	Emily Bishop The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Sneak's Noyse, Roderick Skeaping		Song	English
113	The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (trad tune: if you don't know which tune, it's probably the Waters tune, not this one)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	John Sinclair June Tabor Paul Clayton Lady Maisery Maz O’Connor		Song
125	Robin Hood and Little John	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	John Strachan		Song	English
155	Sir Hugh	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Nelstone’s Hawaiians Cecilia Costello Ollie Gilbert		Song	English
156	Queen Eleanor's Confession	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Tim Hart and Maddy Prior The Furrow Collective Fay Hield		Song	English
163	The Battle of Harlaw	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Jeannie Robertson & Lucy Stewart Andrew Calhoun Simon Chadwick		Song	Scots
168	Flodden Field	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	The Owl Service		Song	English
173	Mary Hamilton (child ballad 173)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Joan Baez Rebecca Pidgeon Jeannie Robertson Sara Banleigh Harvey Reid		Song	English
181	The Bonny Earl O' Moray	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)			Song	English
195	Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	June Tabor		Song	English
199	Bonny House o' Airlie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Belle Stewart Steve Crawford & Sabrina Palm		Song
200	The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span The Waterboys Planxty Alison Moyet (show 97 more)		Song	English
204	The Water Is Wide (18th Century shanty)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Barbra Streisand Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls & Jewel Hayley Westenra Celtic Woman (show 45 more)		Song	English
209	Geordie (aka Georgie)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist, writer)	Joan Baez Trees Martin Carthy Shirley & Dolly Collins (show 14 more)		Song	English
213	Sir James the Rose	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)			Song	English
214	The Dowie Dens o Yarrow	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist) Karine Polwart (arranger)	Joni Mitchell Dick Gaughan Davie Stewart Lori Watson Karine Polwart		Song
216	Clyde's Water (aka The Mother's Malison / The Drowned Lovers)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Kate Rusby Nic Jones John Strachan Jon Boden (show 5 more)		Song	English
217	The Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes (aka Bonny May)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	June Tabor Silly Wizard Offa Rex Cherish the Ladies (show 11 more)		Song	Scots
219	The Gardener (aka Proud Maisrie / The Gardener Child)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Bert Jansch Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Offa Rex June Tabor (show 6 more)		Song	English
221	Katherine Jafray	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Cecilia Costello & Thomas Moran		Song	English
223	Eppie Morrie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fotheringay Sìleas Jimmy MacBeath Andrew Calhoun (show 4 more)		Song
226	Lizie Lindsay	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	The Campbells Kim Hughes		Song	Scots
228	Glasgow Peggy	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Silly Wizard		Song	Scots
231	The Earl of Errol	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Battlefield Band Kim Hughes		Song	English
232	Richie Story	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Trembling Bells Jackie Oates Peggy Seeger and Ewan Mac Coll		Song	English
235	The Earl of Aboyne	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	June Tabor		Song	Scots
236	Laird o' Drum	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Lucy Stewart		Song	Scots
238	Glenlogie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	John Strachan Shirley & Dolly Collins Dick Gaughan TRADarrr		Song
239	Annachie Gordon	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Loreena McKennitt The Unthanks		Song	English
240	The Rantin Laddie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Willie Mathieson		Song	Scots
243	The Daemon Lover	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	The Pentangle Clarence Ashley Jeff Lang Myrkur (show 13 more)		Song	English
248	The Grey Cock	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Tim Hart and Maddy Prior Barbara Dickson Steeleye Span Tim Hart & Maddy Prior (show 3 more)		Song	English
248	The Grey Cock (Saw Ye My Father)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Cecilia Costello		Song	English
250	Henry Martin	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Figgy Duff Joan Baez [traditional] Chris Maden (show 3 more)		Song	English
251	Lang Johnnie More	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	John Strachan		Song	Scots
255	Willie's Fatal Visit	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Jeannie Robertson The Furrow Collective		Song	Scots
274	Our Goodman	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Coley Jones E.C. and Orna Ball Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke		Song	English
275	Get Up and Bar the Door (aka The Barring of the Door / John Blunt)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Peggy Seeger and Ewan Mac Coll		Song
278	The Devil and the Ploughman	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Judy Collins Séamus Ennis Bill & Belle Reed Bellowhead (show 4 more)		Song	English
279	The Gaberlunzie Man		Andrew Calhoun		Song	English
279	The Jolly Beggarman	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Planxty Ceolbeg Walsh & Pound		Song	English
281	The Keach in the Creel	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Subway to Sally Paul Brady Michael Gallagher		Song

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other databases:	https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/childindex.html [info]
Wikidata:	Q2517093 [info]