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Lord Randall
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For other uses, see Lord Randall (disambiguation).
"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.[3] [4] Italian variants are usually titled "L'avvelenato [it]" ("The Poisoned Man") or "Il testamento dell'avvelenato" ("The Poisoned Man's Will"), the earliest known version being a 1629 setting by Camillo il Bianchino, in Verona.[5] Under the title "Croodlin Doo" Robert Chambers published a version in his "Scottish Ballads" (1829) page 324. [6] [7]
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"Lord Randall" | |
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![]() Illustration by Arthur Rackham in Some British Ballads, ca. 1919 | |
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Written | 17th century (earliest known) |
Genre | Border ballad, folk song |
Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
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