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"On Springfield Mountain" or "Springfield Mountain" (Laws G16) [1] is an American ballad which recounts the tragic death of a young man who is bitten by a rattlesnake while mowing a field. [2] Historically, the song refers to the death of Timothy Merrick, who was recorded to have died on August 7, 1761, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts by snakebite .
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John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892 – March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers," [1] Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Odetta, Joan Baez, Burl Ives, Peter, Paul and Mary and Bob Dylan, among others ...
Versions of that ballad first appeared shortly after the rising sung by street peddlers. Several broadside versions of the ballad were printed. These typically include the phrase "500 Guineas" or "one thousand pounds", and are also sung to the melody of the traditional Irish air " Cailín Óg a Stór ". [ 4 ]
Based upon the traditional rural activity of going to a market or fair. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son: Great Britain 1795 [113] First published in a chapbook called Tom the Piper's Son. Tweedledum and Tweedledee: United Kingdom 1805 [114] The familiar form of the rhyme was first printed in Original Ditties for the Nursery. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
"The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" (Roud 1, Child 200), is a traditional folk song that originated as a Scottish border ballad, and has been popular throughout Britain, Ireland and North America. It concerns a rich lady who runs off to join the gypsie
The ballad describes a ship that left port, its misadventure and eventual sinking. The moral of the song is that mermaids are a sign of an impending shipwreck. [2] It is sung from the point of view of a member of the ship's crew, although the ship sinks without any survivors.