The Lass of Roch Royal

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The Lass of Roch Royal is Child ballad number 76, existing in several variants.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cover Versions 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

A woman comes to Gregory's castle, pleading to be let in; she is either pregnant or with a newborn son. His mother turns her away; sometimes she tells her that he went to sea, and she goes to follow him and dies in shipwreak, but always, she died. Gregory wakes and says he dreamed of her. He chases after, finds her body, and dies.

[edit] Cover Versions

• "Lord Gregory" on The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell by The Corries (1965)
• "Lass of Loch Royal" on silly Sisters (album) by Silly Sisters (band) (1976)
• "Lord Gregory" on Peat Fire Flame by The Corries (1977)
• "Lord Gregory" on Bloody Men by Steeleye Span (2006)

[edit] See also

The New-Slain Knight has, in some variants, verses identical to those of some variants of The Lass of Roch Royal, where the woman laments her baby's lack of a father.

Also,

• The Mother's Malison

[edit] External links

• Several variants
• Lord Gregory