Henry Martin

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"Henry Martin" is a traditional folk ballad popularized in the modern era by artists such as Joan Baez.

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Henry Martin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
traditional folk ballad
basedOn historical figure Andrew Barton
collectedIn England
Scotland
United States
hasAlternativeTitle Andrew Barton
Henry Martyn
The Lofty Tall Ship
The Lofty Tall Ship Henry Martin
linked to: The Lofty Tall Ship
hasCulturalContext British maritime history
folk revival of the 20th century
hasForm narrative ballad
hasGenre ballad
folk
hasLanguage English
hasMeter common ballad meter
hasMotif attack on merchant ship
family forced into piracy by poverty
final defeat by a warship
hasProtagonist Henry Martin (fictional pirate)
hasRoudNumber 104
hasSubgenre pirate ballad
sea ballad
includedOnAlbum Joan Baez (1960 album)
isCataloguedIn Roud Folk Song Index
isFolkSongFrom Scotland
isPartOfTradition Anglo-Scottish ballad tradition
isTraditional true
narrativeTheme brotherhood
economic hardship
naval battle
piracy
sea voyage
performancePractice often arranged with guitar accompaniment in revival era
usually sung unaccompanied in traditional style
popularizedBy Joan Baez
recordedBy A. L. Lloyd
Ewan MacColl
Joan Baez
Martin Carthy
Steeleye Span
The Dubliners
timePeriodOfOrigin early modern period

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Joan Baez, Vol. 2 hasTrack Henry Martin
subject linked to: album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2"