Talk:Dives and Lazarus (ballad)

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Quoting Lazarus and Dives:

Dives is also called Diversus in some versions, such as that performed by Steeleye Span on their album "They Called Her Babylon".

Does anyone have access to the album? I would surmise that this indeed is a variant of the ballad (and the further change of Diverus to Diversus sounds rather plausible). In that case, a reference should be put here.

Does any of you "English speaking by birth" people know if it is still sung as a carol?

Perhaps the Lazarus and Dives should be slightly abridged, replacing its references to the song by a link here. JoergenB 18:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] medieval folk tune?

On the Lazarus and Dives pages, this ballad is referred to as a medieval folk tune. Is it traced back to the Middle Ages? If so, this page should say that. If not, the L&D page should be corrected. Jonathan Tweet 21:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I've answered on Discussion:Lazarus and Dives. Summary: Child does not trace it further back than to 1557. JoergenB 04:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)