IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• 78rpm record: Decca 12275 (74844A)
• Carton, Mickey & Mary & their Orchestra   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• 78rpm record: Decca F.18048 (W 74844)
• Carton, Mary / Carton, Mickey   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• 78rpm record: HMV B.D.1237 (OEA 7570)
• Murphy, Delia   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young maiden and my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• 78rpm record: Beltona BE.2710 (CP-1998)
• Gallagher, Bridie   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'll whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• EMI Talisman STAL 1055 ('Delia Murphy') (1977)
• Murphy, Delia   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'll whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• HMV 7EG 9295 ('The Delightful Delia')
• Murphy, Delia   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young maiden and my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text; Music
• MacDonagh, Ballads with Music (c1945?) pp.18-19
• http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

I AM A YOUNG MAIDEN (IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD) [TRADITIONAL BALLAD INDEX ENTRY]

• Roud no: 387    |   Online index   |   Historical notes / References
• Traditional Ballad Index (online)

I'M A YOUNG BONNIE LASSIE

• First line: I'm a young bonnie lassie and my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Association for Cultural Equity T3416R01
• Wood, Blanche   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ab900671-5615-42e6-88c5-1e459d6cb5a3
• URL link

I'M A WEE ROVIN LASSIE <ROVING>

• First line: I'm a wee rovin' lassie, though my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Association for Cultural Equity T3416R10
• Murray, Jesse   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ab900671-5615-42e6-88c5-1e459d6cb5a3
• URL link

I'M A YOUNG BONNY LASSIE

• First line: I'm a young bonnie lassie, know my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Association for Cultural Equity T3429R14
• Wood, Blanche   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/d0cbe39f-0b9c-4541-a486-a6fac9f63327
• URL link

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young maiden, my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Book / Sound recording   |   Audio; Text
• Glassie, Stars of Ballymenone (2006) pp.540-541 (and accomp. CD)
• Flanagan, Peter   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/09814bfa-59d2-4f9b-82e9-ae207ca2e4e8

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tom Munnelly Collection (Univ. College Dublin, UCD) TM0505/A/07
• Corr, Jack   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/f18dff10-8506-45aa-bbe7-3ae388757f85

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text; Music
• Healy, Love Songs of the Irish (1977) p.61
• http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird I'll whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Platinum Music Ireland (PMI) PMICD 4003 (2013) ('Delia Murphy: the Definitive Collection')
• Murphy, Delia   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/ed2e2d9c-44ae-470e-b4b1-9d85b6eaf762

IF I WERE A BIRD THAT COULD WHISTLE AND SING

• First line: I am a young damsel, my fortune is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Manuscript   |   Text
• National Folklore Collection (UCD) CBE_1282_488-489
• http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0d206062-ff31-4657-b69b-92fd5f2f0a11

I AM A YOUNG MAIDEN (IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD) [TRADITIONAL BALLAD INDEX ENTRY]

• Roud no: 387    |   Online index   |   Historical notes / References
• Traditional Ballad Index (online) FSC38
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blckbird I'd wistle an sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text
• Bennett & Rougvie, Nell Hannah: Ay Singing an Spinnin Yarns (2013) p.79
• Hannah, Nell

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: I once knew a maiden whose fortune was so
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Helen Creighton collection (Nova Scotia Archives) AR 5778 / AC 2204 / 2953
• Armstrong, Allister / Armstrong, Judson   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0efad43b-5e97-4720-ac69-a92377327f6c

BLACKBIRD, THE

• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Helen Creighton collection (Nova Scotia Archives) AR 5778 / AC 2204 / 2955
• Redden, Fred   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/efb2503d-0ddf-4460-bc01-26fb5df86e30

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Helen Creighton collection (Nova Scotia Archives) AR 5810 / AC 2514 / 3085
• Metcalfe, Ruth   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/55ee4855-63e5-4acb-89d3-8e64e5067f20

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird
• Roud no: 387    |   Book / Sound recording   |   Audio; Text; Music
• MacColl & Seeger, Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland (CDRom version 2015) pp.139-140 (Version a) / Track 31a
• Hughes, Sheila   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0965be85-8975-432b-a6be-0bae923ebbd8

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: Now I can't not think the reason why women loves men
• Roud no: 387    |   Book / Sound recording   |   Audio; Text; Music
• MacColl & Seeger, Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland (CDRom version 2015) pp.140-141 (Version b) / Track 31b
• Hughes, Caroline   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0965be85-8975-432b-a6be-0bae923ebbd8

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: For once I was a maiden
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Memorial University Folklore Archive (MUNFLA) (St. John's, Newfoundland) acc. 77-264 / tape C4652(A); F5217 / counter 013-108
• Long, Mrs. Leonard   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/8af17b9e-d116-463c-905b-6c55883af63e

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: I am a young maiden my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 6) KS-06-1-11
• O'Connor, Mrs. Annie   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/b44a0b1d-b50d-4d12-9556-27f5e76a75eb
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 6) KS-06-2-09
• Bishop, Mrs. Violet   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/d48d7a56-a84b-43c9-a4bc-e99413d654e5
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle I'd sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 6) KS-06-4-21
• Smith, Mrs. Violet   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/c4629e9e-ba1e-4d78-a0d3-ce335324dd16
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: My love's tall and handsome in every degree
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio; Text
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 8) KS-08-1-08 / Book 5 pp.119-120
• Stone, Joe   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/5c4d3d3e-8c28-422c-849d-d2f1eb5199c7
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird, I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 8) KS-08-1-20
• Farley, Steve / Farley, Mrs.   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/f57b7d7d-1b55-4a85-a23c-76a0766e9e47
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young sailor my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 13) KS-13-2-28 / Book 5 p.77
• Saunders (Fuller), Louey   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/d1c15ed8-1805-4f17-a0ef-532526e16524
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle I'd sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Ken Stubbs Field Collection (tape 17) KS-17-3-08
• Gent, George   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0ebaeae4-6b5b-4ea9-86d3-72ef9d8267e9
• URL linksoundfile?

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tony Wales Field Collection tape ST09
• Attrill, George   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/2639340d-24f3-46bc-a322-ae4ab5dd4594
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a poor girlie my mistfortune is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio; Text
• Musical Traditions MTCD 371 ('Why Can't it Always be Saturday?')
• Upton, Harry   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/1847c547-ded1-44a5-9f08-02a0bbf8b156
• Soundfile attached

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young maiden, my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio; Text
• Musical Traditions MTCD 372 ('I Wish there were no Prisons')
• Fuller (Saunders), Louise   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/d1c15ed8-1805-4f17-a0ef-532526e16524
• Soundfile attached

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tony Wales Field Collection tape ST09
• Attrill, George   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/9230208e-f0fc-4898-a47e-1a855b6b0067
• URL link

I'M A YOUNG BONNIE LASSIE

• First line: I'm a young bonny lassie, though ma fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio; Text
• Rounder CD 11661-1786-2 ('1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh')
• Wood, Blanche   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/7c826b13-6ce9-4317-85a4-5d2a68937ec1

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Manuscript   |   Frag. Text; Music
• Clive Carey MSS (VWML) Sa 346 / 10/12 ; 11/1 / 10/12 ; 11/1
• Krause, Mrs.   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/e3d1e1e9-e775-4d73-8e83-8d21e71a9409
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I am a young maiden and my story is sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text
• Walton's 132 Best Irish Songs & Ballads (c1950) p.82

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I was a blackbird
• Roud no: 387    |   Video   |   Video; Audio
• Gwilym Davies Collection
• Turner, Pat   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/da7ac9a8-e2b9-4c2c-bbb5-eb7e093757d7

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I was once a poor maiden all lonely and sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection: British Library Sound Archive: 1CDR0010691 (copy of C1033/16)
• Ford, Amy   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/537b2c19-1ae4-4266-b8e0-753a18c0ee1b
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: I was once a poor maiden all lonely and sad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection: British Library Sound Archive: 1CDR0010879 (copy of C1033/84)
• Ford, Amy   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/537b2c19-1ae4-4266-b8e0-753a18c0ee1b
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Bob & Jacqueline Patten Collection: British Library Sound Archive: 1CDR0010700 (copy of C1033/25)
• Ford, Amy   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/537b2c19-1ae4-4266-b8e0-753a18c0ee1b
• URL link

OLD BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: If l were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording / Manuscript   |   Audio; Text
• MacEdward Leach Collection 78-054 NFLD 2 Tape 2A Track 2
• O'Brien, Hannah   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/341a9b84-0ec0-494a-badd-6036f23643c5
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: If I were a blackbird, I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Chris Heppa collection
• Miller, Leslie   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/bb44f04a-1c11-41f0-a7aa-d108b3902d44

I'M A ROVING YOUNG LASSIE

• First line: I'm a roving young lassie my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches (website) track ID 27627
• Morrison, Elsie   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/47ba2bb1-5aa0-40ec-bfa7-e3a66e0a577a
• URL link

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: I'm a poor simple maiden my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches (website) track ID 76506
• Robertson, Donald   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/e44650e0-a06a-4968-badc-6c6e88586d0d
• URL link

IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD

• First line: [If] I were a blackbird I would whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Mervyn Plunkett Collection
• Hopcroft, Bill   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/a1e7820c-2a6e-48f7-9142-61f4ddae114e
• Soundfile attached

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: I once loved a maiden whose fortune was so
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text; Music
• Pottie & Ellis, Folksongs of the Maritimes (1992) pp.58-59
• Armstrong, Judson & Allister   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/0efad43b-5e97-4720-ac69-a92377327f6c

BLACKBIRD, THE

• First line: I'm a poor simple maiden my fortune's been bad
• Roud no: 387    |   Sound recording   |   Audio
• Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches (website) track ID 76506
• Robertson, Donald   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/e44650e0-a06a-4968-badc-6c6e88586d0d

IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD

• First line: Now if I was a blackbird, I'd whistle and sing
• Roud no: 387    |   Book   |   Text
• Stewart, A Traveller's Life (2011) p.7
• Stewart, Sheila   |   http://data.epexio.com/vaughanWilliams/places/359a2359-e8d4-436d-b383-2243eb7a54e4