Recordings & Info 189. Hobie Noble
[There is one known listed recording of this ballad in the Child Collection]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 4014: Hobie Noble (10 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Hobbie Noble
Traditional Ballad Index: Hobie Noble [Child 189]
NAME: Hobie Noble [Child 189]
DESCRIPTION: The singer tells how Hobie, an Englishman exiled to Scotland, was convinced by the traitor Sim of the Mains to raid England. Warned of Noble's coming, the land-sergeant (whose brother Noble had killed) takes him. Noble is hanged at Carlisle
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1775 (Percy)
KEYWORDS: borderballad fight punishment execution revenge
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REFERENCES: (5 citations)
Child 189, "Hobie Noble" (1 text)
Leach, pp. 516-519, "Hobie Noble" (1 text)
Friedman, p. 252, "Hobie Noble" 1 text)
OBB 139, "Hobbie Noble" (1 text)
DT 189, HOBINOBL
Roud #4014
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Jock o the Side" [Child 187] (characters)
Child Collection; Child Ballad 189: Hobie Noble
Child-- Artist-- Title-- Album-- Year-- Length-- Have
189 Scocha Hobbie Noble The Land We Love 2004 6:15 Yes