“Hobie Noble”
Description
The singer tells how Hobie, an Englishman exiled to Scotland, was convinced by the traitor Sim of the Mains to raid England. Warned of Noble's coming, the land-sergeant (whose brother Noble had killed) takes him. Noble is hanged at Carlisle
Cross references
- cf. "Jock o the Side" [Child 187] (characters)
References
- Child 189, "Hobie Noble" (1 text)
- Leach, pp. 516-519, "Hobie Noble" (1 text)
- Friedman, p. 252, "Hobie Noble" 1 text)
- OBB 139, "Hobbie Noble" (1 text)
- DT 189, HOBINOBL
- Roud #4014
- BI, C189