"The Maid" and "The Hangman": Myth and Tradition in a Popular Ballad, Volume 21 |
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... variants are held up to the light is similar to that of " Judge , " " Justice , " " George , " and " John " : A2 and A5 have " hold up your head , " A8 has " hold your tongue . " Examination of the traditional ballads in the Child ...
... variants are held up to the light is similar to that of " Judge , " " Justice , " " George , " and " John " : A2 and A5 have " hold up your head , " A8 has " hold your tongue . " Examination of the traditional ballads in the Child ...
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... variants ( A1 , A10 , A6 , A26 , A28 ) add “ riding " ( Cb2 ) ; the Australian A2 has " walking " ( Cb3 ) ; the Scottish A8 and A9 have “ wandering " ; the English A14 has “ tumbling " ; and A13 and A25 , one from Scotland and one from ...
... variants ( A1 , A10 , A6 , A26 , A28 ) add “ riding " ( Cb2 ) ; the Australian A2 has " walking " ( Cb3 ) ; the Scottish A8 and A9 have “ wandering " ; the English A14 has “ tumbling " ; and A13 and A25 , one from Scotland and one from ...
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... Variants B21-28 offer a final example of possible nontraditional influence . In the schema , Bc represents a text in which the verb phrase precedes the title of the person addressed ; in group A this syntax was characteristic of variants ...
... Variants B21-28 offer a final example of possible nontraditional influence . In the schema , Bc represents a text in which the verb phrase precedes the title of the person addressed ; in group A this syntax was characteristic of variants ...
Contents
The Tunes | 66 |
The Symbols | 96 |
The Tradition in Europe | 108 |
Copyright | |
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Alan Lomax Alcestis American b1 Dala b1,2 Dala Eal b3 Cal b1 Ba3 b3 Cal ballad text balladry Bertrand Bronson Bertrand H Broadwood Bronson Cal b1,2 Dala cante-fable century Charon Child Ballad County Dala Eal Dala Eal b3 daughter Eal b3 Eal b3 Fa2b English Fa2a Fa2b father Folk Song Folklore Folksongs Gallows Tree German Gf1b Hal Gfla Hal Gglb gold and fee gold and silver gold to set golden ball Gypsies hangman hold your hand I(VI Irish Julius Krohn LC-AFS Leadbelly Little Sir Hugh London Losgekaufte Maid Freed melodic mid-cadence Moses Gaster mother motif n.d. reported narrative North Carolina oikotypal oral tradition pay my fee prickly bush ransom recorded Reed Smith refrain reported as learned reported by Davis rhyme Sabine Baring-Gould Scottish set me free Settlement School slack the rope Songs stanza textual Traditional Tunes variants Verb victim Virginia Volkslieder yonder