Sheath and Knife
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Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960, Child 16) is a folk ballad.
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[edit] Synopsis
A woman is pregnant with her brother's child. He takes her to the greenwood to have her child, but she dies. He buries her and laments her death.
[edit] See also
In Leesome Brand, Child ballad 15, the hero laments the death in the same language as Sheath and Knife.
[edit] Versions
- Ewan MacColl sang a haunting rendition of this ballad which is included on the collection Black & White.
- Broadside Electric included it on the 1996 album More Bad News ... and again on the 2002 album "Live: Do Not Immerse".
- Sol Invictus (band) has a live version on the 1994 album "The Death of the West".
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