The Death of Queen Jane
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.005
Original Tape ID
Summary
Any tune can be diddled if you know it well. Duncan Williamson diddles the tune of 'The Death of Queen Jane', then sings some verses. He was not thinking of the words when he was diddling.
Item Notes
3 verses (couplets).
Jane Seymour (1508–1537), wife of Henry VIII and Queen Consort of England, died in childbirth.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 3, pp. 591, no. 693
'Traveller's Joy' (M. Yates, 2006) pp. 98-99
'Scottish Ballad Book' (N. Buchan, 1973) pp. 156-157
'Ancient Scottish Ballads' (G. R. Kinloch, 1827) pp. 116-122, 273
'Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads' (A. Keith & G. Greig, 1925) pp. 106-107
'Penguin Book of English Folk Songs' (R. Vaughan Williams & A. L. Lloyd, 1959) p. 31
'Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads' vol. 3 (B. H. Bronson & F. J. Child, 1959) p. 147
Item Subject/Person
Seymour, Jane (Queen Consort of England)
Language
English, Gaelic, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good