Contact
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)
Belgium
Artist: Paul Clayton
Author: traditional
Label: Folkways
Year: 1956
Lenghty ballad dealing with dramatical consequences of non-marital pregnancy within puritan communities. Roud #49, Child #76. Also as Lord Gregory. Oldest publication as a broadside under title The Lass Of Ocram (London - 1844 or even earlier). Paul's version on Folk Ballads Of The English Speaking World. Irish version The Lass Of Aughrim was mentioned in James Joyce nover The Dead (part of The Dubliners - 1914).
Covers:
Ewan MacColl [as Lord Gregory]
Neil Morris [as The Lass Of Loch Royale]
Jean Ritchie [as Fair Annie Of Lochroyan; version ending with Lord Gregory commiting suicide]
Hedy West [as Who's Going To Shoe Them Pretty Little Feet]
Peggy Seeger [on album Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?]
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham [as Lord Gregory; Shirley knew the version Alan Lomax recorded on Elizabeth Cronin]
Corries [as Lord Gregory]
Isla St. Clair [as Anne Of Lochroyan]
Elizabeth Cronin [as Lord Gregory; field recording by Alan Lomax in County Cork in '51 (so actually the oldest version recorded); Lomax had to hold his microphone right in front of this old lady's lips throughout her performance; first released on The Folk Songs Of Britain Vol. 4: The Child Ballads 1 (Caedmon)]
Maddy Prior & June Tabor [as Lass Of Loch Royal]
Boys Of The Lough [as Lord Gregory]
Susan Lynch & Ewan McGregor [Nora Barnacle and James Joyce in John Huston film The Dead as The Lass Of Aughrim; The Dead being a chapter in Joyce's Dubliners]
Steeleye Span [as Lord Gregory]
Lisa O'Neill [as The Lass Of Aughrim]
Martin Simpson [as Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?]
See also: Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet.
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)
Belgium