Captain Wedderburn's Courtship - Recordings

Recordings

  • In 1964, Canadian Folk duo Ian and Sylvia recorded this ballad as "Captain Woodstock's Courtship"; their version is from a Nova Scotia collection by Folklorist Helen Creighton.
  • Tim Hart and Maddy Prior recorded the ballad in 1968 on Folk Songs of Old England Vol. 2.
  • The Great Big Sea song "Captain Wedderburn" on their Turn album is based on this ballad.
  • In 1988 The Voice of the People Vol 1 Come Let Us Buy the Licence - Songs of Courtship & Marriage included the ballad as The Song of the Riddles sung by Willie Clancy
  • In 2007 Cara Luft recorded the song "Lord Roslyn's daughter" on the album "The Light Fantastic".
  • Bellowhead recorded a version on their 2010 album Hedonism.
  • In 2012 The Voice of the People Second Series Good People, Take Warning : Ballads by British and Irish Traditional Singers included Captain Wedderburn sung by Séamus Ennis.

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