"The Maid" and "The Hangman": Myth and Tradition in a Popular Ballad, Volume 21 |
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... ransom demanded in vain from her kith and kin . " " " A contradiction is inherent in this analysis : the girl is described as demanding ransom from the very “ kith and kin ” who are themselves her immo- lators in Child 65 " Lady Maisry ...
... ransom demanded in vain from her kith and kin . " " " A contradiction is inherent in this analysis : the girl is described as demanding ransom from the very “ kith and kin ” who are themselves her immo- lators in Child 65 " Lady Maisry ...
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... ransom stanzas are as in " Scibilia Nobili " and the Icelandic version : “ My father , do you want to ransom me ? The Moors are selling me " ( " mon pare , hem voleu quità ? Moros me venen " ) . " My daughter , tell me , tell me , for ...
... ransom stanzas are as in " Scibilia Nobili " and the Icelandic version : “ My father , do you want to ransom me ? The Moors are selling me " ( " mon pare , hem voleu quità ? Moros me venen " ) . " My daughter , tell me , tell me , for ...
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... ransom they demand is small , three Litra's [ ancient Sicilian coin corresponding to the Roman pound ( Frey , Numismatic Names , p . 136 ) ] of gold , two sacks of pearls . " The brother sends in answer : " I need the gold to furbish my ...
... ransom they demand is small , three Litra's [ ancient Sicilian coin corresponding to the Roman pound ( Frey , Numismatic Names , p . 136 ) ] of gold , two sacks of pearls . " The brother sends in answer : " I need the gold to furbish my ...
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Alan Lomax Alcestis American b1 Dala Eal b3 Cal bl Ba3 b3 Cal ballad text balladry Bertrand Bronson Bertrand H Bronson Cal b1 Dala cante-fable Captain Car century Charon Child Ballad County Dala Eal b3 daughter 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 Heer Halewijn hold your hand I(VI INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES INDIANENSIS injunction Irish Julius Krohn LC-AFS Leadbelly London Losgekaufte Maid Freed MDCCCXX melodic mid-cadence Moses Gaster mother motif n.d. reported narrative North Carolina oral tradition pay my fee prickly bush ransom Reed Smith refrain reported as learned reported by Davis rhyme Sabine Baring-Gould Scottish set me free Settlement School SIGILLUM slack the rope Songs stanza textual Traditional Tunes variants VERITAS victim Virginia Volkslieder yonder Ваб