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Artist: Andrew Rowan Summers
Author: traditional
Label: Folkways
Year: 1951
On lp The Unquiet Grave. Child ballad #209, related to a Scottish ballad about George Gordon, Earl of Huntly (16th century), who was jailed for refusing to arrest a poor poacher. In most versions Geordie (or Georgie) is the poacher, while his wife, mother of 6 (and almost 7) of his children, begs for pardon but won't be heard.
Covers:
Harry Cox [Peter Kennedy recording reissued on Folksongs Of England, Scotland & Wales Vol 2 in the Alan Lomax Collection.]
Julie Felix [with Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick]
Fabrizio De André [Italian version]
Trees [on second album On The Shore]
Maddy Prior & June Tabor [The Silly Sisters]
Robin Williamson [as Geordie Gordon]
Gnarls Barkley [sample from the Trees version in title track of their St. Elsewhere album]
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)