"The Maid" and "The Hangman": Myth and Tradition in a Popular Ballad, Volume 21 |
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... victim was male ; since none specified a female , and since a male is also specified in another English variant ... victim's sex within the ballad text , usually in the form of the relatives ' response " no , daughter , " or " oh , son ...
... victim was male ; since none specified a female , and since a male is also specified in another English variant ... victim's sex within the ballad text , usually in the form of the relatives ' response " no , daughter , " or " oh , son ...
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... victim's ransom is in the form of " gold and fee " ( Fb1 , 2 ) ; in the second ( A13 - A28 ) it is " gold " and " silver " or " money " ( Fbl , 3 or Fb1 , 4 ) ; and in the third it is simply " gold " ( Fbl ) . Geographical distribution ...
... victim's ransom is in the form of " gold and fee " ( Fb1 , 2 ) ; in the second ( A13 - A28 ) it is " gold " and " silver " or " money " ( Fbl , 3 or Fb1 , 4 ) ; and in the third it is simply " gold " ( Fbl ) . Geographical distribution ...
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... victim nor the crime imputed is strictly relevant . It follows that no interpreta- tion of the ballad situation which depends upon one or both can be valid . 2. A predilection for female victims is characteristic of Scottish and Border ...
... victim nor the crime imputed is strictly relevant . It follows that no interpreta- tion of the ballad situation which depends upon one or both can be valid . 2. A predilection for female victims is characteristic of Scottish and Border ...
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