Recordings & Info 293. John of Hazelgreen
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
4) Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
5) Folk Index
6) Mainly Norfolk: Jock o' Hazeldean / John of Hazelgreen
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 250: John of Hazelgreen (81 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Jock o Hazeldean
John over the Hazel Green
Jock o Hazledean
Johnny from Hazelgreen
John (Jack, Jock) o' Hazelgreen
John of (over) Hazelgreen
Willie of Hazel Green
Traditional Ballad Index: John of Hazelgreen [Child 293]
DESCRIPTION: A lady is weeping for John of Hazelgreen, whom she is not permitted to marry. She is offered marriage to another; this is little to her liking. By some means or other she meets Hazelgreen, and they are married
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1827 (Kinloch)
KEYWORDS: elopement love marriage separation
FOUND_IN: Britain(England,Scotland(Aber,Bord)) US(MW,NE,SE,So) Canada(Mar,Newf)
REFERENCES: (18 citations)
Child 293, "John of Hazelgreen" (5 texts)
Bronson 293, "John of Hazelgreen" (29 versions)
GreigDuncan5 1029, "Jock o' Hazel Green" (3 fragments, two of them on p. 624)
Lyle-Crawfurd2 117, "Johnie of Hazelgreen" (1 text)
SharpAp 43, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #5a}
BarryEckstormSmyth pp. 369-371, "Willie of Hazel Green" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #27}
Flanders/Olney, pp. 237-238, "Young Johnny of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #25}
Flanders-Ancient4, pp. 281-284, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #25}
Davis-Ballads 49, "John of Hazelgreen" (7 texts plus 2 fragments; the J text appears to have print influence; 3 tunes entitled "John o' the Hazelgreen," "John of Hazelgreen"; 1 more version mentioned in Appendix A) {Bronson's #3, #26, #2}
Davis-More 45, pp. 350-355, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 225-227, "John of Hazelgreen" (2 short texts, with local titles "John over the Hazel Green"; 2 tunes on pp. 415-416) {Bronson's #8, #7}
Peacock, pp. 537-538, "Johnny from Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune)
Leach, pp. 674-678, "John of Hazelgreen" (3 texts)
Friedman, p. 143, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text)
McNeil-SFB1, pp. 91-92, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune)
Niles 63, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune)
Abrahams/Foss, pp. 95-96, "John of Hazelgreen" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #9}
DT 293, JOCKHZLD* JOCKHZL2*
Roud #250
BROADSIDES:
Firth b.26(534), "Hazle Green" ("As I walked one evening all for to take the air"), Webb and Millington (Leeds), n.d.
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Nancy Dawson" (plot)
cf. "Lady Jean" (plot)
cf. "Parody on Jock o' Hazeldean" (parody)
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
Jock o Hazeldean
John over the Hazel Green
Jock o Hazledean
NOTES: Rewritten by Sir Walter Scott as "Jock o Hazeldean" -- a poem which has become perhaps more popular than the original ballad, and which is included in many poetic works (e.g. it is item CCXXVII in Palgrave's _Golden Treasury_).
Scholars since Child have debated the extent to which the Scott text (said to take only a single stanza from the traditional song) is influenced or has influenced tradition. One thing appears certain: The Scott text and some of the traditional versions are related (e.g. Davis's "J" is about 85% identical to the corresponding stanzas of Scott's text). Either the Scott text used more than the single stanza claimed, or his text has influenced tradition. - RBW
Broadside Bodleian Firth b.26(534) is a shortened version of the story.
There are broadsides of Scott's text. For example, Bodleian, Johnson Ballads fol. 30, "Jock o' Hazel Dean" ("Why weep ye by the tide lady?"), J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Harding B 26(290), 2806 c.14(45), "Jock o' Hazel Dean"n. - BS
Child Collection- Child Ballad 293: John of Hazelgreen
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
293 Al O'Donnell Jock O'Hazeldine Ramble Away 2008 3:33 Yes
293 Al Petteway Jock O' Hazeldean Caledon Wood - Acoustic Guitar 1997 3:53 Yes
293 Alex Beaton Jock O' Hazeldean A Dream of Arran 1992 No
293 Alex Campbell Jock O' Hazeldean Goodbye Booze 1975 3:06 Yes
293 Alex Campbell Jock O' Hazeldean Live and Studio 1979 No
293 Alex Hodgson Jock O' Hazeldean Jeelie Jars 'n' Coalie Backies 2010 No
293 Alistair Brown Jack O' Hazeldene The Swan Necked Valve 1997 3:32 Yes
293 Allison Lupton Jock O' Hazeldean My True Love 2001 5:25 Yes
293 Alquimia Jock O' Hazeldean Forever 2006 3:57 Yes
293 Alquimia Jock O' Hazeldean Forever Acoustic 2006 No
293 An Tua Jock O' Hazeldean 6 of One, Five of the Other 2004 3:44 Yes
293 Andrew Cadie Jock O' Hazeldean The Snow Tree 2006 3:08 Yes
293 Andrew Murray Jock O Hazeldene Hell or High Water 2005 3:35 Yes
293 Andrew Rowan Summers Willie of Hazel Green The Faulse Ladye 1954 3:20 Yes
293 Ann Ferrari Jock O' Hazeldean Stone Walls - Songs of the British Isles 2010 No
293 Annie Grace Jock O' Hazeldean Take Me Out Drinking Tonight 2004 3:30 Yes
293 Archer Goode Jock of Hazeldean The Gwilym Davies Collection No
293 Ariella Uliano Jock O' Hazeldean So, We'll Go No More A'Roving 2004 3:37 Yes
293 Barbara Dickson Jock of Hazeldean Parcel of Rogues 1994 3:35 Yes
293 Barbary Grant & Aimee Aul Jock O' Hazeldean Brigit's Well 1997 No
293 Beggar's Mantle Jock O' Hazeldean Milestone 1984 No
293 Bell Duncan Jock O Hazeldean The James Madison Carpenter Collection 1927-1955 No
293 Bill Brennan Jock O' Hazeldean Irish & Scottish Airs & Ballads for Acoustic Guitar 1997 2:52 Yes
293 Blackthorn Johnny O 'Hazelgreen + Twenty Kisses Sweet Forget-Me-Not 2008 3:07 Yes
293 Brady Earnhart Jock O' Hazeldean After You 1998 5:51 Yes
293 Braemar Jock O' Hazeldean Beirt Leaids 2004 No
293 Bram Taylor Jock O' Hazeldean Further Horizons 1993 No
293 Brian Johnstone Jock O' Hazeldene Music Whaur I'm Frae - Songs O' the Scots-Anglo Border, Vol. 2 2003 No
293 Bruce Davies Jock O' Hazeldean .. O'er the Border..16 Songs of Scotland and the Scots 1999 No
293 Carl Peterson Jock O Hazeldean The Flowers of Scotland 2000 3:31 Yes
293 Carl Peterson Jock O' Hazeldean Scottish Love Songs 2003 No
293 Carolyn Robson Jock O' Hazeldean Dawn Chorus 2003 No
293 Celtic Brew Jack O' Hazeldean Could Be Worse 1997 No
293 Colin Ross Jock of Hazeldean + Gentle Maiden Northumberland Rant - Traditional Music from the Edge of England 1999 2:54 Yes
293 Colin Thompson John of Hazelgreen Three Knights 1980 6:05 Yes
293 Craig Herbertson Jock O Hazeldean The Lullaby of Scotland 2001 4:20 Yes
293 Craobh Rua Jock O' Hazeldean The More That's Said, the Less the Better 1992 4:05 Yes
293 Dave Gibb Jock O' Hazeldean Blood & Flame 2003 3:38 Yes
293 David Kilpatrick Jock O' Hazeldean David Kilpatrick 2005 4:03 Yes
293 David Paton Jock O' Hazeldean Fragments 1997 No
293 Dick Gaughan Jock O' Hazeldean No More Forever 1972 4:13 Yes
293 Dick Gaughan Jock O' Hazeldean Never the Same - Leave-Taking from the British Folk Revival 1970-1977 2006 4:14 Yes
293 Dick Miles Jock of Hazeldean (1) <website> 2007- 3:47 Yes
293 Dick Miles Jock of Hazeldean (2) <website> 2007- 7:10 Yes
293 Eileen McGann Jock O' Hazeldean Journeys 1995 6:27 Yes
293 El McMeen Jock O' Hazeldean Solo Guitar Serenade 1994 3:01 Yes
293 El McMeen Jock O' Hazeldean + The Castle of Dromore The Blarney Pilgrim - Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar, Vol II 1998 4:09 Yes 293 Emily Groff Jock O' Hazeldean + Well May the World Go Song and the Single Girl 2002 No
293 Fairground Attraction Jock O' Hazeldean Ay Fond Kiss 1990 3:07 Yes
293 Fiddler's Leap Jock O Hazeldean Tam's Old Love Song 2000 No
293 Frank C. & Frank J. Edgley Whittingham Green Lane + Jock of Hazeldene Bridges 1998 2:42 Yes
293 Gaberlunzie Jock O' Hazeldean Scots Wha Ha'e - Gaberlunzie in Concert 1975 4:41 Yes
293 Giordano Dall'Armellina John of Hazelgreen Ballate Britanniche Del Tempo Che Fu - Medieval Ballads from the British Isles 2001 6:04 Yes
293 Glenn Weiser Jack O'Hazeldon Celtic Guitar 2000 1:04 Yes
293 Golden Bough Jock O' Hazeldean Song of the Celts 2001 3:50 Yes
293 Gordon Bok Jock O' Hazeldean Dear to Our Island 2001 4:25 Yes
293 Haggerdash Jock O' Hazeldean Selkie Dancers 2004 4:29 Yes
293 Hanz Araki Jock O' Hazeldean 6 of One, Five of the Other 2004 No
293 Henry Burr Jock O' Hazeldean Jock O'Hazeldean 1908 2:48 Yes
293 Hilary Bell Jock O' Hazeldean Pride O'Borderland - Selkirk Common Riding Songs 2006 No
293 Hughie Jones Johnnie O' Hazelgreen Luv Stuff 1999 No
293 Iain Grant & George Current Come O'er the Stream Charlie + Jock O' Hazeldean + Gin I Were a Baron's Heir (Waltz) <website> 2002 2:09 Yes
293 Ian Anderson Jock O' Hazeldean Borders Sangsters 2002 No
293 Ian Giles Jock O' Hazeldean Folk Music of Scotland 2001 No
293 Ian Giles Jock O' Hazeldean Scotland the Brave - A Pageant of Celtic Music 2008 No
293 Ivan Drever Jock O' Hazeldean Tradition 2004 No
293 Jack Foster Jock O' Hazeldean An Hour Before the Dawn 2012 No
293 James Raynard Jock O' Hazeldean Strange Histories 2005 5:17 Yes
293 Jane Cassidy Jock O' Hazeldean The Empty Road 1985 3:25 Yes
293 Jean Claude (Glaoud) Jock O' Hazeldean <website> 2007 1:54 Yes
293 Jean Redpath Jock O' Hazeldean Father Adam 1979 2:47 Yes
293 Jean Redpath Jock O' Hazeldean Live! 2000 No
293 Jeannie Steel Jock O' Hazeldean Hosts of the Troubadour with Friends 1971 3:10 Yes
293 Jim Douglas Johnny of Hazelgreen Yankee Notions - Traditional Songs of New England 1985 4:12 Yes
293 Jimmy Hutchison Jock O Hazeldean The Portraits and the Music 2003 No
293 Joan Sprung John of the Hazelgreen Pictures to My Mind 1980 1:37 Yes
293 John Armstrong & Joe Hutton The Rowan Tree + Jock of Hazeldean Bonny North Tyne - Nortumbrian Country Music 1974 3:24 Yes
293 John Jacob Niles John of Hazel Green The Ballads of John Jacob Niles 1960 2:35 Yes
293 John Jacob Niles John of Hazel Green 50th Anniversary Album 1956 No
293 John Lozier (jgkovac) Jock O' Hazeldean <website> 2007 :57 Yes
293 John McClellan Jock O' Hazeldean Fingerstyle Guitar 49 (Accompanying CD) 2003 1:38 Yes
293 John McCormick Jock O' Hazeldean Western Island 1985 No
293 John O' Hagan & Dave Howard Jock O' Hazeldene The Children in Need Album 1987 No
293 Johnny Dickinson Jock O Hazeldean Castles and Old Kings 2002 No
293 Johnny Dickinson Jock O’Hazeldene Live in Concert, March 2004 2004 No
293 Johnny Dickinson Jock O' Hazeldene Sketches from the Road 2006 No
293 Jon Boden & Marguerite Hutchinson Jock O' Hazeldean My Heart's in the Highlands - The Scottish Musical Spirit 2008 No
293 Jon Boden, John Spiers & Marguerite Hutchinson Jock O' Hazeldean Celtic - Traditional Music and Songs from the Farthest Reaches of the British Isles 2005 No
293 Jon Boden, John Spiers & Marguerite Hutchinson Jock O' Hazeldean Celtic Airs and Ballads 2003 No
293 Jon Wilcox Jock O' Hazeldean Close to Home 1978 No
293 Kathy Larisch & Carol McComb John of Hazelgreen The Lou Curtiss Sound Library - 3:49 Yes
293 Katrine Anderson Jock O' Hazeldean Ae Fond Kiss - Songs & Music of Scotland 2002 No
293 Kenny Speirs Jock O' Hazeldean Bordersong 1999 4:38 Yes
293 Kirsten Baird Gustafson Jock O' Hazeldean Land O'The Leal 2004 5:25 Yes
293 Lily Delorme Young Johnny of Hazelgreen The Helen Hartness Flanders Collection No
293 Linda Rice-Johnston Jock O' Hazeldean A Bird in the Wood 2005 4:08 Yes
293 Lisa Theriot Jock of Hazeldean Up the Great North Road 2003 3:00 Yes
293 Louise Kirkby-Lunn Jock O' Hazeldean The Scottish Songbook 1995 No
293 Mad Jocks & Englishmen Jock O' Hazeldean Tongue in Cheek 1980 No
293 Maddy Prior Jock of Hazeldean Seven for Old England 2008 4:32 Yes
293 Maddy Prior & Friends Jock of Hazeldean Electric Proms Concert at Cecil Sharp House, 10-23-08 2008 4:30 Yes
293 Marcille Wallis Jock O' Hazeldean A Celtic Heriitage 2004 3:25 Yes
293 Margaret Bennett Jock O Hazeldean In the Sunny Long Ago 2001 5:01 Yes
293 Margaret Christl Jock O' Hazeldean The Picture in My Mind 1998 4:45 Yes
293 Marie McLaughlin Jock O' Hazeldean Songs of Scotland 2000 No
293 Mark Claydon & Caroline Lovett Jock O' Hazeldean Live at Worden Arts Centre, Leyland 2007 3:22 Yes
293 Martin Simpson Jock O' Hazeldean Leaves of Life 1989 4:21 Yes
293 Martin Simpson The Banks of the Bann + Bantry Girl's Lament + Jock O'Hazeldean Fingerstyle Guitar - New Dimensions & Explorations, Vol. 3 1994 No
293 Mary Smith Jock O' Hazeldean Two Strings on Every Bow .. - Exploring the Celtic Ballad Tradition 2001 2:41 Yes
293 Matthew Ord Jock O' Hazeldean Early in the Spring 2010 No
293 Merry Mischief Jock O' Hazeldean Kismet 2004 No
293 Michael Meyer (Meymic) Jock O' Hazeldean <website> 2007 2:19 Yes
293 Mince Pye Jock O' Hazeldeen Pye to Go 2000 2:57 Yes
293 Miss Marguerite Letson Jock O' Hazledean The Helen Creighton Collection No
293 Moira Cameron Jock O' Hazeldean Lilies Among the Bushes 1997 No
293 Molly Andrews John of Hazelgreen Blue Morning Glory 2003 No
293 Moonrakers Jock O' Hazeldean Both Sides 2005 2:22 Yes
293 Mrs. Eva Paul Jock of Hazeldean The Edith Fowke Collection No
293 Na Mara Jock O' Hazeldene The Kingshill Valley 2006 4:12 Yes
293 Norman Kennedy Jock O Hazeldean I Little Thocht My Love Wid Leave Me 2005 No
293 Ogham Jock O' Hazeldean The Aughmore Lassie 1993 4:05 Yes
293 Packie Byrne Johnny O' Hazelgreen Songs of a Donegal Man 1975 No
293 Packie Byrne Johnny O' Hazelgreen (Johnny O' Hazeldean) John Howson Collection 1970-1995 No
293 Packie Manus Byrne Johnny O' Hazelgreen The Birds Upon the Tree and Other Traditional Songs and Tunes 2004 No
293 Paul Kaplan Johnny of Hazelgreen Fast Folk Musical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 9 - Songs of Tradition 1986 4:34 >Yes
293 Peter Mallan Jock O' Hazeldean Scotland 1999 2:56 Yes
293 Philmari Jock O' Hazeldean Just Folk 2005 No
293 Priscilla Herdman Jock O' Hazeldean The Water Lily 1995 5:04 Yes
293 Rebecca Pidgeon Jock O' Hazeldean Four Marys 1998 3:28 Yes
293 Ron Gonnella Jock O' Hazeldean + Comin' Through the Rye + The Bonnie Wells O' Wearie Scottish Fiddle Magic 1992 3:21 Yes
293 Ronald & Anna-Wendy Stevenson Jock O' Hazeldean Gowd and Silver 2005 No
293 Rory & Alex McEwen Jock O' Hazeldean Scottish Songs and Ballads 1957 2:02 Yes
293 Rua Jack O' Hazeldean Homeland - the Rua Collection [Live in the Cathedral] 1993 6:02 Yes
293 Russell Cook Jock O' Hazeldean Twilight in the Highlands 2002 No
293 Short Road Home Jock O' Hazeldean Short Road Home 2005 No
293 Spindlewood Jock O' Hazeldean Spindlewood 1988 4:33 >Yes
293 Stark Raven John of Hazelgreen Committed 2002 5:26 Yes
293 Sue Richards Jock O' Hazeldean Grey Eyed Morn 1991 3:49 Yes
293 Susanne Barkan Jock O' Hazeldean Legacy 2007 No
293 Teresa Doyle Jock O' Hazeldean Stowaway 1996 4:27 Yes
293 The Corries Jock O' Hazeldean Heritage 2001 4:16 Yes
293 The Corries Jock O' Hazeldean Strings and Things + Live at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 1999 4:27 Yes
293 The Corries Jock O' Hazeldean <website> 1983 4:20 Yes
293 The Corries Jock O' Hazeldene The Lads Among Heather - Vol 1 2004 3:30 Yes
293 The Spinners Johnnie O' Hazelgreen 20 Golden Folk Songs 1979 No
293 The Wally Dugs Jock O' Hazeldean The Road to Dundee 1987 3:25 Yes
293 The Whistlebinkies Jock O' Hazeldean The Whistlebinkies 5 1988 3:46 Yes
293 The Witches of Elswick John of Hazelgreen Hell's Belles 2005 3:26 Yes
293 The Woodsmen John of Hazelgreen 60% of What's Happening 2006 2:21 Yes
293 Timothy Seaman Jock O' Hazeldean Quiet in the Meadow 2000 No
293 Yankee Celtic Consort Jock O' Hazeldean Wander the Wood 1999 3:41 Yes
Excerpt from The British Traditional Ballad in North America
by Tristram Coffin 1950, from the section A Critical Biographical Study of the Traditional Ballads of North America
293. JOHN OF HAZELGREEN
Texts: Barry, Brit Bids Me, 369 / BFSSNE, III, 9 / Davis, Trd Bid Va, 529 / MLN, XLVI, 304 / Morris, F-S Fla, 482 / Scarborough, Sgctchr So Mts, 225 / SharpK, Eng F-S So Aplcbns, I, 294 / Smith and Rufty, Am Anib Old Wrld JBlds, 62 / SFLQ, XIII, 173 / Va FLS Bull, 4s 3-7, 10.
Local Titles: John (Jack, Jock) o' Hazelgreen, John of (over) Hazelgreen, Willie of Hazel Green.
Story Types: A: A walker discovers a girl crying, and he offers her his eldest son in marriage. However, she refuses, saying that she loves John of Hazelgreen, whom she describes glowingly. She then rides to town and is met by John, who kisses her and promises fidelity. Examples : Davis (A), SharpK.
B : The story is parallel to that of Type A, except that instead of going to town the girl rides home with the walker after she has refused the offer of his son's hand. At the house she is met by her Willie, who conveniently turns out to be the son. Examples: SFSSNE, III, 9.
Discussion: The full story of the ballad as given by Child, V, 160 is as follows:
A gentleman overhears a damsel making moan for Sir John of Hazelgreen. After some compliment on his part, and some slight information on hers, he tells her that Hazelgreen is married; then there is nothing for her to do, she says, but to hold her
peace and die for him. The gentleman proposes that she shall let Hazelgreen go, marry his eldest son, and be made a gay lady 5 she is too mean a maid for that, and, anyway, had rather die for the object of her affection. Still she allows the gentleman to take her up behind him on his horse and to buy clothes for her at Biggar, though all the time dropping tears for Hazelgreen. After shopping they mount again, and at last they come to the gentleman's place, when the son runs out to welcome his father. The son is young Hazelgreen, who takes the maid in his arms and kisses off the still-failing tears. The father declares that the two shall be married the next day, and the young man shall have the family lands.
The Type B version cited here, although obviously a fragment of the same story, does not follow any Child version. The Type A stories are not close to Child's version either and frequently in America appear little more than a maid's lament and a lover's reunion.
The Davis, Trd Bid Fa, 536, J, version has been the subject of some scholarship because of the influence that Scott's Jock of Hazeldean has had upon it. For a discussion of the role played by Scott in the composition of the English text in the light of this Virginia version, see Maurice Kelley's article, MLN, XLVI, 304. Check also Davis, op. cit. 9 529 and Morris, F-S Fla, 482. See BFSSNE, III, 9 where a New Brunswick song that corrupts Scott's poem with lines from the traditional ballad is printed. Scott's poem and its history are fully treated here. There is no clear story to be seen in this fragmentary Canadian version, however.
Folk Index: John of Hazelgreen [Ch 293/Sh 43]
Friedman, Albert B. (ed.) / Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-S, Viking, sof (1963/1957), p143
Winds of the People, Sing Out, Sof (1982), p 38 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p 11 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Scottish Song Book for Contralto, Bayley & Ferguson, Sof (1910s?), p 50 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Scotland in Song, Remick, fol (1953/1914), p 85 [1816] (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p674
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p676 (John of Haselgreen)
Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, Bk (1955), p677
Corries. Strings and Things, Fiesta FLP 1832, LP (1970), trk# A.05 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Fitzgerald, Lloyd. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p294/# 43 [1918/05/09]
Gibson, Addie. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p226a,415 [1930] (John Over the Hazel Green)
Herdman, Priscilla. Water Lily, Philo 1014, LP (1976), trk# B.01 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Hughes, Ida M.. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p330/#176 [1934-39] (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Hutchison, Jimmy. Portraits and the Music, Temple COMD 2093, CD (2004), trk# 8 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Insch, W. M.. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey (ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p137/# 58A [1930s] (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Morris, Polly. Scarborough, Dorothy(ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p226b,416 [1930] (John Over the Hazel Green)
Raspbury, Mary. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey (ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p138/# 58B [1930s]
Redpath, Jean. Father Adam, Philo 1061, LP (1979), trk# B.05 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Shiflett, Robert. McNeil, W. K. (ed.) / Southern Folk Ballads, Vol 1, August House, Sof (1987), p 91 [1961]
Shiflett, Robert. Abrahams, Roger; & George Foss / Anglo-American Folksong Style, Prentice-Hall, Sof (1968), 6-1 [1961]
Sprung, Joan. Pictures to My Mind, Folk Legacy FSI 073, LP (1980), trk# B.03
Uncle Brother. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p331/N 63 [1932]
Wilcox, Jon. Close to Home, Sierra/Briar BR 4210, LP (1980/1977), trk# B.03 (Jock O'Hazeldean)
Mainly Norfolk: Jock o' Hazeldean / John of Hazelgreen
[Roud 250; Child 293; Ballad Index C293; Sir Walter Scott]
Dick Gaughan sang Jock o' Hazeldean in 1972 on his Trailer album, No More Forever. He explained in his album's sleeve notes:
Jock o' Hazeldean was written by Sir Walter Scott from a ballad (which is published in Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs) entitled Jock o' Hazeldean, taking the first verse of his song from the third verse of the ballad.
The Witches of Elswick sang John of Hazelgreen in 2005 on their second and last album, Hell's Belles. They commented in their liner notes:
Fay got this from American singer Molly Andrews who calls it “a pleasing variant collected from Robert Shiflett, Brown's Cove, Virginia, 1961.” We like the bit where he kisses her ruby lips three times, then goes for the chin. We've all tried it out on our boyfriends and it's taken quite a while to get some very strange pictures out of our heads while we sing it.
Lyrics
The Witches of Elswick sing John of Hazelgreen
An old knight rode one summer's day
Down by the greenwood side,
And there he spied a fair young maid
And all alone she cried.
As he drew near there unto her
To learn what this could mean;
Her lamentation it was all
For John of Hazelgreen.
“You're welcome home, my fair young one,
You're welcome home with me;
And you may wed my eldest son,
A bold young man is he.”
“I would not wed your eldest son
If he were lord or king;
I ne'er intend to be the bride of none
Save John of Hazelgreen.
“For he is tall, his shoulders broad,
The fairest of the king;
His hair hangs down in links of gold,
My John of Hazelgreen.”
He's drawn her up unto his steed
And they rode into town;
Up jumped bold John of Hazelgreen
To lift his lady down.
Three times he's kissed her ruby lips,
Three times he's kissed her chin;
He's ta'en her by the lily-white hand
To lead his lady in.
Her tears were dry, her sorrow gone,
But a surprise had been
To learn the old knight's eldest son
Was John of Hazelgreen.
“If I should ever thee forsake
May Heaven forsake me;
And cast me in the brimstone lake
For all eternity.”
Links
See also Remembering the Old Songs: John o' the Hazelgreen.