Followed by discussion. Jackson says she learned the ballad from a book of English poetry. Identified alternately as ""Lady Nancy"" and ""William and Mary"" on AFS cards. A variant of ""Lady Diamond"" (Child #269).
Molly says this was a favorite song of her father's and of her grandfather Garland. Discussion follows about the ""lone pilgrim"" - Molly's explanation is a bit different than the facts of Joseph Thomas, the historical personage the song is about.
Identified as ""The Little Dove"" on AFS card. Commentary follows
Jackson says her grandparents knew the composer, and claims he was a Kentuckian. (Lomax recorded a nearly identical version in the Ozarks in 1959 by Almeda Riddle.)
Molly, at the end of the preceding disc, claims this ballad as her own. AFS card identifies it as ""The Coal Miner's Child,"" the title which Hedy West used in a version on her Folk Legacy album.
Molly, at the end of the preceding disc, claims this ballad as her own. AFS card identifies it as ""The Coal Miner's Child,"" the title which Hedy West used in a version on her Folk Legacy album.
Discussion following about ballad-singing in the mountains and local interest in ballad texts and plots. (Lomax pushes Molly to discuss why mountain people sing about lords and ladies.)
Currently as: Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. Dover, 2000.