Recordings & Info 255. Willie's Fatal Visit
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
4) Review (excerpt) by D.K. Wilgus: Scots and Irish Tradition
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 244: Willie's Fatal Visit (11 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Willie's Fate
Traditional Ballad Index: Willie's Fatal Visit [Child 255]
DESCRIPTION: Willie, having spent the night with Margaret, leaves before dawn because the cock crowed too soon. On the road he meets a ghost. Since he is a sinner and has not said a prayer for the road, the ghost tears him to shreds
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE:
KEYWORDS: sex separation ghost death bird nightvisit
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (3 citations)
Child 255, "Willie's Fatal Visit" (1 text)
Bronson 255, "Willie's Fatal Visit" (2 versions)
Leach, pp. 623-625, "Willie's Fatal Visit" (1 text)
Roud #244
RECORDINGS:
Jeannie Robertson, "Willie's Fatal Visit (Willie's Fate)" (on FSB5, FSBBAL2) {Bronson's #2}
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "The Grey Cock, or, Saw You My Father" [Child 248] (plot)
Child Ballad 255: Willie’s Fatal Visit
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
255 Alistair Ogilvy Willie's Fatal Visit Leaves Sae Green 2012 No
255 Craig, Morgan, Robson Willie's Fatal Visit Stranded 2007 No
255 Jack Beck Willie's Fatal Visit Half Ower, Half Ower Tae Aberdour - Scots Songs & Ballads 2001 3:52 Yes
255 Jeannie Robertson Willie’s Fate (Willie's Fatal Visit) The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 5: The Child Ballads 2 1961 1:29 Yes
255 Jeannie Robertson Willie's Fatal Visit The Travelling Stewarts 1968 No
255 Jeannie Robertson Willie's Fatal Visit The Green Wedding - The Classic Ballads 3 1976 No
255 Jeannie Robertson Willie's Fatal Visit (Willie's Fate) Classic Ballads of Britain & Ireland - Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, Vol 2 2000 3:42 Yes
255 Kevin & Ellen Mitchell Willy's Fatal Visit Have a Drop Mair 2001 3:42 Yes
255 Lizzie Higgins Willie's Fatal Visit Ballad Folk 1977 4:06 Yes
255 Lizzie Higgins Willie's Fatal Visit Songs from the Folk Music Revival in Scotland - Ailie Munro 1984 4:11 Yes
255 Ray Fisher Willie's Fatal Visit Traditional Songs of Scotland 1991 5:14 Yes
255 Sheena Wellington Willie's Fatal Visit Clearsong 1990 3:18 Yes
Review by D.K. Wilgus: Scots and Irish Tradition
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 85, No. 337 (Jul.-Sep. 1972), pp. 292-296:
Performances from the rich tradition of the Stewart clan of “travellers” continue to be available. The Travelling Stewarts (Topic I2TI79) records no less than twelve of the extended family. Jeannie Robertson's Willie's Fatal Visit (Child 255) raises again the problem of the role of Peter Buchan in Aberdeenshire tradition; at any rate this version is more than a copy of the Buchan text.