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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Jimmy McBeath
Author: traditional
Label: Caedmon
Year: 1953
Alan Lomax recording, released on anthology The Child Ballads N°2 (Folk Songs Of Britain Vol 5) in '61. Child #299, Roud #62 (also as The Light/Bold Dragoon and The Trooper And The Maid).
Covers:
Harry List [as The Light Dragoon; Peter Kennedy recording in Suffolk, released on Good People, Take Warning - The Voice Of The People Vol 23]
Ewan MacColl [as The Trooper And The Maid, followed in '57 by a version with Peggy Seeger]
Young Tradition [as The Bold Dragoon]
Mike Waterson [as The Light Dragoon]
Cyril Tawney [as The Bold Dragoon]
Bob Copper [idem]
Tannahill Weavers [as The Trooper And The Maid]
Waterson:Carthy [as The Light Dragoon]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)