LORD LOVELL

Created on 19/01/2022
Latest update on 19/08/2026

Artist: Mrs. Teale
Author: traditional
Label: wax cylinder
Year: 1906

Percy Grainger recording. Roud #48, Child #75. Ballad ending just like in Barbara Allen: a rose and a briar entangling over the graves of two former lovers resting next to each other.

Covers:

1953:

Jeannie Robertson [as Lord Lovat]

1958:

Alan Lomax

1958:

Peggy Seeger & Guy Carawan [as Lord Lovat]

1960:

Jean Ritchie [as Lord Lovel]

1983:

Peter Bellamy

There's a historical Lord Lovell, Sir Francis Lovell, First Viscount under King Richard III, born in 1457; goes to show how old this ballad may be.

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