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Sir Lionel is a late-medieval folk ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 18 and Roud No. 29. It tells the story of the Arthurian character Sir Lionel slaying a giant wild boar.[1]
The song has much in common with a medieval tale about a knight who slays a terrifyingly fiendish boar in Sidon, in the fourteenth century romance of Sir Eglamour of Artois.[2] The terrible swine is a frequent foe in romantic tales, for instance the beast Twrch Trwyth in Culhwch and Olwen.[3]
The song has been recorded several times in the twentieth century, exclusively in the United States. The influential Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie recorded a version passed down through her family entitled "Old Bangum" on the album Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition (1961), with an Appalachian dulcimer accompaniment.[4][5] John and Alan Lomax recorded two versions in the 1930s in Harlan, Kentucky[6] and Austin, Texas.[7] Several Ozark versions were also collected, and can be heard online courtesy of the University of Arkansas and Missouri State University.[8][9][10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Sir Lionel"
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 209, Dover Publications, New York 1965.
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 209-10, Dover Publications, New York 1965.
- ^ "Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Old Bangum (bangum Rid By the Riverside) (Roud Folksong Index S413149)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Bangum and the Boar (Roud Folksong Index S257893)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Wild Hog in the Woods (Roud Folksong Index S265758)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Song Information". maxhunter.missouristate.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.uark.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.uark.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
External links[edit]
- One version of the folk ballad Sir Lionel
- Mainly Norfolk on Sir Lionel
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