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"Lord Randall", or "Lord Randal", (Roud 10, Child 12) is an Anglo-Scottish border ballad [1] consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. [2] Similar ballads can be found across Europe in many languages, including Danish , German , Magyar , Irish , Swedish , and Wendish .
Francis James Child collected the words to over 300 British folk ballads. Illustration by Arthur Rackham of Child Ballad 26, "The Twa Corbies"Child's collection was not the first of its kind; there had been many less scholarly collections of English and Scottish ballads, particularly from Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) onwards. [4]
Its lyrical structure is based on the question-and-answer refrain pattern of the traditional British ballad "Lord Randall", published by Francis Child. The song is characterized by symbolist imagery in the style of Arthur Rimbaud, communicating suffering, pollution, and warfare. Dylan has said that all of the lyrics were taken from the initial ...
1.1 Given name. 1.2 Surname. 1.3 Fictional characters. 2 Places. 3 Other. ... "Lord Randall" or "Lord Randal", a British ballad; Sanjna, also known as 'Randal Maa', A ...
The modern given name Randall, / ˈ r æ n d l /, [1] is derived from the transferred use of the surname Randall. [ 2 ] [ note 1 ] There have been two explanations for the origin of this surname. One explanation is that the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name Randel .
"Geordie" is an English language folk song concerning the trial of the eponymous hero whose lover pleads for his life. [1] [2] It is listed as Child ballad 209 and Number 90 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
The woman who attempts to conceal her lover, and the family members who find him, are common ballad motifs. [3] Willie and Lady Maisry has much in common with it. [4] There are also variants on Sweet William's Ghost (Child 77, version F) in which the name Clerk Saunders is used, and with content akin to the end of the song.
A Balliol rhyme is a doggerel verse form with a distinctive metre.It is a quatrain, having two rhyming couplets (rhyme scheme AABB), each line having four beats. They are written in the voice of the named subject and elaborate on that person's character, exploits or predilections.