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'''Johnie Cock''' is [[Child ballad]] 114, existing in many variants. |
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'''Johnie Cock''' (also '''Johnny O'Breadisley''' or '''Jock o' Braidislee''') is a traditional [[Scotland|Scottish]] folk ballad, listed as the [[List of the Child Ballads|114th]] [[Child Ballads|Child Ballad]] and [[List of folk songs by Roud number|number 69]] in the [[Roud Folk Song Index]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Child Ballads: 114. Johnie Cock |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch114.htm |website=www.sacred-texts.com |access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> |
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==Synopsis== |
== Synopsis == |
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Johnie Cock is warned by his mother that he |
Johnie Cock is warned by his mother that heis in danger but nevertheless goes [[poaching]] and kills a deer. He feeds his dogs and sleeps in the woods. A man (sometimes a [[Palmer (Pilgrim)|palmer]], a medieval European pilgrim to the [[Holy Land]]) betrays him to foresters, who attack him while he sleeps. Johnie wakes. Either he or his nephew rebukes them for the attack, in most variants saying that even a wolf would not have attacked him like that. In most variants, he fights and kills all of his assailants but one, whom he wounds. |
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In several versions, he dies of his wounds while still in the wood. In one variant, he is laid low, and the king sends him a pardon. |
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== Recordings == |
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Many recordings made by in the 1930s by [[James Madison Carpenter]] of traditional [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]] singers can be heard on the [[Vaughan Williams Memorial Library]] website, including versions by [[Bell Duncan]] of [[Ythan Wells]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnnie o Braidisley (VWML Song Index SN18785)|url=https://www.vwml.org/record/VWMLSongIndex/SN18785|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library|language=en-gb}}</ref> and [[John Strachan (singer)|John Strachan]] of [[Fyvie]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny o Braidisley (VWML Song Index SN17961)|url=https://www.vwml.org/record/VWMLSongIndex/SN17961|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library|language=en-gb}}</ref> (who was later recorded singing the song by [[Alan Lomax]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnnie O Braidislie (Roud Folksong Index S404433)|url=https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S404433|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library|language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Duncan Williamson]] also sang a traditional version,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny O Breadisley (Roud Folksong Index S241012)|url=https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S241012|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library|language=en-gb}}</ref> as did [[Gordeanna McCulloch]]. |
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*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch114.htm ''Johnie Cock''] several variants |
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Johnie Cock (also Johnny O'BreadisleyorJock o' Braidislee) is a traditional Scottish folk ballad, listed as the 114th Child Ballad and number 69 in the Roud Folk Song Index.[1]
Johnie Cock is warned by his mother that he is in danger but nevertheless goes poaching and kills a deer. He feeds his dogs and sleeps in the woods. A man (sometimes a palmer, a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land) betrays him to foresters, who attack him while he sleeps. Johnie wakes. Either he or his nephew rebukes them for the attack, in most variants saying that even a wolf would not have attacked him like that. In most variants, he fights and kills all of his assailants but one, whom he wounds.
In several versions, he dies of his wounds while still in the wood. In one variant, he is laid low, and the king sends him a pardon.
Many recordings made by in the 1930s by James Madison Carpenter of traditional Aberdeenshire singers can be heard on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website, including versions by Bell DuncanofYthan Wells[2] and John StrachanofFyvie[3] (who was later recorded singing the song by Alan Lomax).[4] Duncan Williamson also sang a traditional version,[5] as did Gordeanna McCulloch.
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