“Matty Groves”
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“Matty Groves” is a traditional English folk ballad, widely performed and recorded in the folk revival, that tells a tragic story of adultery and violent revenge.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matty Groves | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
murder ballad
ⓘ
traditional English folk ballad ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Matty Groves (a young man)
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a lord or noble husband ⓘ a nobleman’s wife ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Little Musgrave
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Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative ballad ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
ballad
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folk music ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMoralElement |
warning about consequences of jealousy
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warning against adultery ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Doc Watson
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Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Carthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording | Fairport Convention’s 1969 recording on the album "Liege & Lief" ⓘ |
| hasRoudNumber | Roud 52 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | strophic form ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
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class conflict ⓘ infidelity ⓘ jealousy ⓘ violent revenge ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
versions with altered ending
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versions with different names for the lord ⓘ versions with different settings ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of murder ballads in the folk revival ⓘ |
| isCataloguedAs | Child Ballad 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCataloguedBy | Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition |
British folk music tradition
ⓘ
English folk song tradition ⓘ |
| isPerformedIn | various melodic variants ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | folk song scholarship ⓘ |
| isTransmittedBy | oral tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
duel between lover and husband
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tragic love affair ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
adulterous affair is discovered
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death of Matty Groves ⓘ death of the lady ⓘ duel between Matty and the lord ⓘ |
| wasCollectedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| wasPopularizedDuring | 20th-century folk revival ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez in Concert