Two Constant Lovers / The Drowned Lovers / The Forsaken Mermaid
Una tragica storia d’amore in cui il marinaio muore annegato e la fidanzatina si getta dalla scogliera per…
Tag: Steeleye Span
The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite
Una canzone per la ricreazione dei marinai (forebitter songs) dalle origini poco chiarite. All’inizio s’intitolava ‘Rounding the Horn’…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari
The Wee Wee Man, Child #38
“L’Ometto piccolino” è una ballata su un piccolo folletto, uno sguardo fugace al regno del Piccolo Popolo (Wee…
The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea, Child #36
Una ballata a tema fantasy raccolta dal professor Child in forma incompleta (dallo Skene Manuscript): un fratello e…
Three Tests of Chastity: The Boy and the Mantle Child n° 29
Nel Medioevo fantasy per sapere se una donna era onesta si ricorreva ad un espediente magico, il mantello…
Alison Cross / Allison Gross (Child No. 35)
Una ballata del soprannaturale o in stile fantasy come si direbbe oggi che proviene dalla Scozia, ma che…
Well below the Valley (The Maid and the Palmer)
Leggi in italiano Child #21The Maid and the Palmer The Well Below the Valley “The Maid and the…
Pace Egging & Traditions
Leggi in italiano The custom of egg begging on Easter was widespread not only in Piedmont (cf), but…
The Shaking Of The Sheets: a macabre dance
Leggi in italiano In the Middle Ages to exorcise the fear of death, they danced with her, the…
Pubblicato inFILM, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music
“What women really want” /“King Henry”
This ballad to ask the question and give the answer, however, recalls the language of the fairy tale…
Dark-Eyed Sailor, a reily ballad
The song also known as "Fair Phoebe and her Dark-Eyed Sailor" originally from England, and is dated to…
Pubblicato inDrinking song/ CANTI DA OSTERIA, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
John Barleycorn must die!
John Barleycorn (in Italian Giovanni Chicco d'Orzo) is a traditional song spread in England and Scotland, focused on…
The Grey Silkie of Sule Skerry
The best known of of the Orkney ballads, also known as The Gray Silkie of Sule Skerry, it…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, musica norrena/ Norse music
Lord Olaf (Herr Olof) and The Elves
This medieval ballad ( from the North to the South of Europe) tells the story of a knight…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
The Saucy Sailor Boy
The nineteenth-century image of sailor is rather stereotypical: Jack Tar is a drunkard and a womanizer, perhaps a…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, Musica Appalachiana/ Appalacchian music, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Hares on the Mountain with Sally the dear
Cecil Sharp has collected nine different versions of the ballad "Hares on the Mountain", a love hunt perhaps…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Beltane Love Chase: The Two Magicians
Love Chase is a typical theme of popular songs, according to the proper ways of the courting song…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica irlandese/ Irish music
Lark in the Morning
The irish song "The Lark in the Morning" is mainly found in the county of Fermanagh (Northern Ireland):…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica cornica/ Cornish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Obby Oss Festival
On May 1, in Padstow, a characteristic event called "Obby Oss Festival" is celebrated, centered on the Hobby…
Lovely On The Water
The ballad "Lovely on the water", collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early 1900s, would seem to…
