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21 Barbara Allen

Season 3 · Episode 21

Friday, June 13, 2025 • Duration 15:38

Today podcast examines the popular ballad Barbara Allen. I will look at the publishing history, sing samples of the songs and end on a complete performance of one of the songs.

A young man falls in love with Barbara Allen, but she does not return his love and makes scornful remarks about him. He pines away and dies. Barbara Allen realises that she loved him and she too pines away and dies.

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20 Riddles Wisely Expounded

Season 3 · Episode 20

Friday, May 30, 2025 • Duration 22:53

Today I will look at the ballads which contain riddles within their central theme. I will look at the publishing history, sing samples of the songs and end on a complete performance of one of the songs

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19 Lady Elspat

Season 3 · Episode 19

Friday, April 18, 2025 • Duration 11:03

Today I will look at the ballad known Lady Elspat

Lady Elspat plans to elope with her love William, but her brother's page informs Elspat’s mother. The mother takes William to court on a charge of breaking into the castle stealing her jewels.

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18 The Broken Token

Season 3 · Episode 18

Saturday, April 5, 2025 • Duration 18:26

In today’s podcast we’ll take a look at songs in which lovers are parted and eventually return after some years. These are often referred to as broken token songs

17 The Wife of Usher's Well

Season 3 · Episode 17

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 10:14

Today’s podcast looks at the ballad The Wife of Usher’s Well.

A mother sends her sons across the sea to school, only to find later that they had died. She grieves their loss, cursing the winds and sea for their return. They do return, as physical ghosts, and convince her to let them rest in peace

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16 British Man Of War

Season 3 · Episode 16

Friday, March 7, 2025 • Duration 12:42

Today I will look at the Victorian song British Man of War and its sequel Susan’s Adventures in a British Man of War.

A sailor is walking with his true love Susan. When she asks him not to venture into danger; the sailor tells her he must go and fight the Chinese for the honour of the country. He tears his handkerchief into two and presents her with one of the halves as link to his love. As he is rowed off towards his ship she waves her handkerchief.

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15 The Three Ravens & The Twa Corbies

Season 3 · Episode 15

Friday, February 21, 2025 • Duration 10:21

Today I will look at the song known as Three Ravens and the reworked version known as TheTwa Corbies. The ballad tells of a discussion between three ravens that see a dead knight whose body is protected from predators by his hounds and hawks

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14 Green Mossy Banks of the Lea

Season 3 · Episode 14

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 12:29

An American from Philadelphia is wandering around Europe; he wanders into England. He meets a young woman and falls in love with her, asks her father’s permission to marry her and settles down on the Green Mossy Banks of the Lea

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12 The Lass of Roch Royal

Season 3 · Episode 13

Friday, June 28, 2024 • Duration 17:10

Today I will look at the ballad known as The Lass of Roch Royal it is also known as Lord Gregory and The Maid of Aughrim. I will look at the songs and publishing history, sing samples of the songs and end on a complete performance of one of the songs

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12 Sweet William/Father Father Build Me A Boat/A sailors Life

Season 3 · Episode 12

Friday, June 14, 2024 • Duration 12:37

In today’s podcast I will look at the song Sweet William also known under several other titles including Father, Build Me A Boat, A Sailor’s Life, and Early, Early in the Spring.

I will look at the known background to the song, its printing history and development.

I will sing samples of the tune linked to the song and end with a full performance.

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