Cheivy Chace (historic English ballad and estate name)

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Cheivy Chace is a historic English ballad—also lending its name to an old estate—celebrated for its tale of a bloody border hunt between English and Scottish nobles.

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instanceOf English ballad
border ballad
narrative song
associatedWith historic estate named Chevy Chase
countryOfOrigin England
culturalSignificance celebrated example of English border ballad tradition
depicts chivalric ideals and rivalry
featuresEthnicGroup English nobles
Scottish nobles
genre ballad
border ballad
hasCulturalRole part of English and Scottish border folklore
hasForm stanzaic ballad
hasMotive cross-border hunting dispute
hasNarrativeTone heroic
tragic
hasTheme bloody hunt
feud between nobles
honour
hasVariantSpelling Chevy Chace
Chevy Chase
influenced later literary references to Chevy Chase
inspiredToponym Chevy Chase (estate)
Chevy Chase (place name)
isAbout a hunting expedition that turns into battle
language English
literaryPeriod early modern period
mainSubject Anglo-Scottish Wars
surface form: Anglo-Scottish border conflict

hunting
nobility
narrativeLocation Anglo-Scottish border
portrays violent confrontation between English and Scottish parties
workType traditional oral ballad

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Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States namedAfter Cheivy Chace (historic English ballad and estate name)
subject surface form: Chevy Chase, Maryland