“Geordie”
E515333
“Geordie” is a traditional British folk ballad, widely known through Joan Baez’s influential 1960s recording.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geordie | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
murder ballad ⓘ traditional British folk ballad ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Child Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childBalladNumber | 209 ⓘ |
| collectedBy | Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | English folk tradition ⓘ |
| dateOfEarliestKnownText | 17th century ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Geordie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geordie’s wife ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
Geordie, He’s Gone to Jail
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geordie, Who’s That At My Window? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
capital punishment
ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
ⓘ
execution ⓘ justice ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
American versions of Geordie
ⓘ
English versions of Geordie ⓘ Scottish versions of Geordie ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Anglo-American folk song tradition
ⓘ
traditional British folk repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced | 1960s folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motif |
plea for mercy before a judge
ⓘ
public execution ⓘ ransom offered to save condemned man ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableRecordingDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| performancePractice | traditionally sung unaccompanied or with simple accompaniment ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
A. L. Lloyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ewan MacColl NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ June Tabor NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Carthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nic Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedOnAlbum | Joan Baez, Vol. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| subjectMatter | a man condemned for alleged theft or poaching ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez in Concert
this entity surface form:
Geordie