Henry Martin
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"Henry Martin" is a traditional folk ballad popularized in the modern era by artists such as Joan Baez.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical figure Andrew Barton ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Andrew Barton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Martyn NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lofty Tall Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lofty Tall Ship Henry Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
British maritime history
ⓘ
folk revival of the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative ballad ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMeter | common ballad meter ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
attack on merchant ship
ⓘ
family forced into piracy by poverty ⓘ final defeat by a warship ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Henry Martin (fictional pirate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoudNumber | 104 ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
pirate ballad
ⓘ
sea ballad ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | Joan Baez (1960 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCataloguedIn | Roud Folk Song Index NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFolkSongFrom | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition | Anglo-Scottish ballad tradition ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
brotherhood
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ naval battle ⓘ piracy ⓘ sea voyage ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often arranged with guitar accompaniment in revival era
ⓘ
usually sung unaccompanied in traditional style ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
A. L. Lloyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ewan MacColl NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Carthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Steeleye Span NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | early modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2