词条 | Willie o Winsbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 |
Willie O Winsbury is Child Ballad 100 (Roud 64). The song, which has numerous variants, is a traditional Scottish ballad that dates from at least 1775, and is known under several other names, including "Johnnie Barbour" and "Lord Thomas of Winesberry". SynopsisA king is away for a long time. His daughter becomes pregnant by the hero, William or Thomas. The king threatens to hang him, but is struck by his beauty and offers him the heroine, gold, and land. The hero accepts the lady but declares the gold and the land to be his lady's, not his own. CommentaryThis ballad closely parallels Child ballad 99, "Johnie Scot".[1] In one variant, the lands are specifically described: he will be king when he returns to Scotland. It may, in fact, be based on James V's courtship of and marriage to Madeleine de Valois of France; James came to see the woman he was betrothed to in disguise, and went on to meet the princess, who fell in love with him.[2] Nowadays the song is often sung to the tune of "Fause Foodrage", rather than its own traditional tune. RecordingsThe first known recording of the ballad was by Robert Cinnamond in 1961. The recording was released under the title "John Barlow" on 1975's You Rambling Boys of Pleasure on the Topic label. The trio Sweeney's Men recorded "Willy O'Winsbury" for their eponymous debut album in 1968 with Andy Irvine on vocals accompanying himself on guitar. The recording featured the tune of "Fause Foodrage" (Child 89), which is now commonly used for "Willie O' Winsbury". On the album's sleeve notes, band member Johnny Moynihan wrote, "A ballad for which Andy is renowned. He got the text from Child's 'English and Scottish Ballads'; looking up the tune he got his numbers confused and emerged with the wrong air. By chance it suited the song very well".[3] The song "Farewell, Farewell", recorded by Fairport Convention on their album Liege and Lief in 1969, is an adaptation featuring new lyrics by Richard Thompson. A recording of "Willie O' Winsbury" played and sung by Thompson was included in the 2006 boxset RT - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson. Following is a list of notable recordings of the ballad, including their artists, titles, albums, and years:
See also
References1. ^Francis James Child (1965) The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 377, Dover Publications, New York 1965 {{Francis James Child}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Willie O Winsbury}}2. ^Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 398-9, Dover Publications, New York 1965 3. ^Sleeve notes from Sweeney's Men LP, Transatlantic Records Ltd, TRA SAM 37, 1968. 4 : Scottish folk songs|Child Ballads|Traditional ballads|Year of song unknown |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。