Frank Nordberg wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
[etc.]
this message was meant to go to Simon privately, but it seems i goofed.
No secrets there at all, of course, but sorry to bother the entire list
with the message.
Frank
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> > An: abcusers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Betreff: [abcusers] Does anybody kow this ballad?
> >
> > Perhaps a little digression from all the serious talk recently. A few
> > weeks ago I suddenly realized that the title track of Pentangle's Cruel
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: abcusers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Betreff: [abcusers] Does anybody kow this ballad?
>
> Perhaps a little digression from all the serious talk recently. A few
> weeks ago I suddenly realized that the title track of Pentangle's Cruel
> Sister is the same (rather grotesque) story a
Just want to say thanks to Phil and Jack for all the information they
came up with :-)
Frank
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> the title track of Pentangle's Cruel
> Sister is the same (rather grotesque) story as "Harpen", one of the best
> known Norwegian medieval ballads.
> Obviously, neither Pentangle's version nor the "official" Norwegian are
> originals - Pentangle's is clearly late 16th Century, while the ones you
OK, here's the info from Child. The Pentangle song seems to be a
conflation of two Child ballads, #1 "Riddles Wisely Expounded" and
#10 "The Twa Sisters". The first few verses and the refrain are
taken from #1 and the bulk of the story from #10.
In #1 the Knight takes the youngest sister (of th
>Perhaps a little digression from all the serious talk recently. A few
>weeks ago I suddenly realized that the title track of Pentangle's Cruel
>Sister is the same (rather grotesque) story as "Harpen", one of the best
>known Norwegian medieval ballads.
>
>Obviously, neither Pentangle's version nor
Perhaps a little digression from all the serious talk recently. A few
weeks ago I suddenly realized that the title track of Pentangle's Cruel
Sister is the same (rather grotesque) story as "Harpen", one of the best
known Norwegian medieval ballads.
Obviously, neither Pentangle's version nor the "
