Recordings & Info 182. The Laird O Logie
[There are several known recordings of this ballad.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection
4) Wiki
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1) Roud No. 81: The Laird O Logie (29 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Young Logie
The Young Laird o' Logie
Traditional Ballad Index: The Laird O Logie [Child 182]
NAME: Laird o Logie, The [Child 182]
DESCRIPTION: (Logie) is in prison awaiting death; Margaret would save him. She petitions the King; he will not free Logie for all the gold in Scotland. (The queen/Margaret) (steals tokens from the King) and orders that Logie be freed.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1776 (Herd)
KEYWORDS: prison escape trick nobility love mercy help
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (6 citations)
Child 182, "The Laird o Logie" (5 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #1}
Bronson 182, "The Laird o Logie" (3 versions)
Greig #75, pp. 1-2, "Young Logie" (1 text)
GreigDuncan2 247, "The Young Laird o' Logie" (3 texts)
Leach, pp. 493-495, "The Laird o Logie" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #422, "The Laird o' Logie" (1 text)
Roud #81
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
The Gallant Laird o' Young Logie
Young Logie
NOTES: In 1591, the Earl of Bothwell tried to capture King James VI of Scotland, and James Weymis of Logie was implicated in the plot. One of Queen Anne's maids, Margaret, loved him; she forged an order to have him questioned, and used it to help him escape. James's anger was appeased by the Queen, and he pardoned Logie, who then married Margaret - RBW
Child Collection Ballad 182: The Laird of Logie
Child-- Artist-- Title-- Album-- Year-- Length-- Have
182 Alex Robb Young Logie (1) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
182 Alex Robb Young Logie (2) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
182 Alex Robb Young Logie (3) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
182 Bandoggs Laird Logie Bandoggs 1978 5:04 Yes
182 Bell Duncan Young Logie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
182 Ewan MacColl The Laird O' Logie Blood and Roses - Vol. 3 1982 3:48 Yes
182 Katherine Campbell Young Logie The Songs of Amelia and Jane Harris - Scots Songs and Ballads from Perthshire Tradition 2004 4:45 Yes
182 L. Durno Young Logie The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
The Laird o Logie: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Laird O Logie or The Laird Of Logie is Child ballad number 182.
Synopsis
Young Logie (or Ochiltrie) is imprisoned, to hang. May Margaret comes to court to plead for his life. She is unable to win a pardon but steals some token or a forged pardon (and sometimes a weapon), sometimes with the queen's aid. With these, she frees Young Logie -- the man she loves, or the father of her baby, depending on the variant.
Commentary
This is based on historical events. The king is James VI of Scotland and Young Logie is John Wemyss, the Laird of Logie in North Fife. The offense for which he was imprisoned -- unlike the stolen kiss claimed in some variants -- was involvement with the Earl of Bothwell in an attempt to kidnap the king. Lady Margaret was a queen's servant and did succeed in rescuing him, and they later married.
See also Geordie
References "Scots Songs and Ballads from Perthshire Tradition"
External links Many variants