Recordings & Info 245. Young Allan
[There are a number of known traditional recordings of this ballad mostly from The James Madison Carpenter Collection. See below:]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 242: Young Allan (34 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Young Allen
The Sailors o' Merrily Den
Miraladen
The Sailors and the Merry-go-round
The Sea Captains
Traditional Ballad Index: Young Allan [Child 245]
DESCRIPTION: In a drunken gathering, Allan boasts of the speed of his ship. Challenged, he takes part in a race and is caught in a storm. Allan calls on a "bonny boy" to steer the ship (with offers of reward), then begs the ship to rescue him. Somehow, all survive
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1803 (Skene ms.)
KEYWORDS: ship storm gambling escape
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (8 citations)
Child 245, "Young Allan" (5 texts)
Bronson 245, "Young Allan" (16 versions)
Greig #63, p. 1, "Young Allan" (1 text)
GreigDuncan2 326, "Young Allan" (17 texts, 16 tunes) {A=Bronson's #13, B=#12, C=#11, D=#5, G=#10, H=#3, I=#8, J=#7, K=#4,L=#6, M=#14, N=#16, O=#15, for R cf. #2}
Ord, pp. 320-322, "Young Allan" (1 text)
Leach, pp. 608-611, "Young Allan" (1 text)
DBuchan 58, "Young Allan" (1 text)
DT 245, YNGALAN* YNGALAN2*
Roud #242
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Sir Patrick Spens" [Child 58] (lyrics)
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
The Sailors o' Merrily Den
Miraladen
The Sailors and the Merry-go-round
The Sea Captains
NOTES: Child sees analogies between this ballad and mythical vessels which sailed at the will of their masters (e.g. the Phaeacian ships in _Odyssey_ viii.557 or the Scandinavian _Ellitha_). Given, however, the sorry state of the versions in Child, one may doubt how much of this is tradition and how much simply confusion. - RBW
Child Collection- Child Ballad 245: Young Allan
Child-- Artist ---Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
245 Alex Robb Young Allan (1) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Alex Robb Young Allan (2) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Alex Robb Young Allan (3) The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Alex Stephens Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Annie Kidd Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Bell Duncan Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Gordon Tyrrall Young Allen Drive Old Puss Away 2004 No
245 James Mason Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Jessie Davidson Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Jim & Sylvia Barnes Young Allan Mungo Jumbo 1991 No
245 June Tabor Young Allan On Air 1998 3:01 Yes
245 Peter Barnett Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
245 Unknown Young Allan The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No