“The Poacher's Fate”

Description

(Six) young men go out hunting. They are met by a gamekeeper, who vows to shoot one of them to end their depredations. The keeper fatally wounds "the bravest lad."

Cross references

• cf. "Keepers and Poachers" (plot)

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Firth b.34(118), "Gallant Poacher" ("Come all you lads of high renoun"), Birt (London), 1833-1841; also Harding B 11(325), Harding B 11(3853), Firth c.19(49), "[The] Gallant Poacher"; Johnson Ballads 1394, "Gallant Poachers"
• Murray, Mu23-y4:020, "Gallant Poachers," unknown, 19C

Recordings

• Walter Pardon, "The Poachers' Fate" (on Voice18)

References

1. Laws L14, "The Poacher's Fate"
2. Kennedy 248, "The Gallant Poacher" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 351-352, "The Poacher's Fate" (1 text; tune on p. 451)
4. DT 351, POACHERF
5. Roud #793
6. BI, LL14