Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight
Title
Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight
Digital Object
Performer
Begley, Nora May
Date Recorded
1937-09-23
AFS Number
1410B
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Identified as Pretty Polly (she begins the song thusly) but much more Lady Isabel. She's 14, from Little Laurel, Harlan. Learned from her sister.
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Pine Mountain settlement school
State
Kentucky
County
Harlan
Town
Pine Mountain
Collection
Citation
“Lady Isabel and the Elfin Knight,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 19, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/542.