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Phantastes Chapter 7: Ballad Of Sir Andrew Barton, Unknown
Phantastes Chapter 7: Ballad Of Sir Andrew Barton, Unknown
German Romantic and Other Influences
“Ballad of Sir Andrew Barton” dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. It appears in the eighteenth-century collection of ballads and popular songs edited by Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Sir Andrew Barton was a Scottish sea captain who engaged in a sea battle with two English ships. He was killed in the altercation, but became famous for his bravery.
Phantastes Chapter 13: The Water Is Wide, Unknown
Phantastes Chapter 13: The Water Is Wide, Unknown
German Romantic and Other Influences
Lines are from an old Scottish ballad, “The Water is Wide,” dating from the seventeenth century. We note, for interest’s sake, that Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing a version of this song in the 1975 film Renaldo and Clara.