Sheath and Knife
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"Sheath and Knife" (Roud 3960, Child 16) is a folk ballad.[1]
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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] Variants
"Leesome Brand", Child ballad 15, is closely related to this ballad, and some variants are hard to distinguish;[2] the hero laments the death in the same language as "Sheath and Knife".
Other ballads on this theme include "The Bonny Hind", "The King's Dochter Lady Jean", and "Lizie Wan".[3]
[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".
- Maddy Prior has a fine version on her 1998 album "Flesh & Blood".
[edit] References
- ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads "Sheath and Knife"
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 178, Dover Publications, New York 1965
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 185, Dover Publications, New York 1965
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