MacDonald's Return to Glencoe (The Pride of Glencoe) [Laws N39]

DESCRIPTION: The singer tries to woo a woman of Glencoe, but she says she is loyal to MacDonald, gone to war these ten years. He suggests that MacDonald may have forgotten her; she says she will remain single even so. He then reveals himself as MacDonald
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1835 (broadside, Bodleian Johnson Ballads 1641)
KEYWORDS: courting disguise separation reunion
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord)) US(MW,So) Canada(Mar,Newf) Ireland Australia
REFERENCES (26 citations):
Laws N39, "MacDonald's Return to Glencoe (The Pride of Glencoe)"
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 247-248, "Donald and Glencoe" (1 text)
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #55, p. 1, "Glencoe" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan5 1044, "The Pride of Glencoe" (16 texts plus a single verse on p. 631, 17 tunes)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 65-66, "Donald's Return to Glencoe" (1 text, tune referenced)
McMorland/Scott-HerdLaddieOTheGlen, pp. 62-63, 150, "Donald's Return to Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph 126, "MacDonald's Return to Glencoe" (1 fragment)
Cazden/Haufrecht/Studer-FolkSongsOfTheCatskills 25, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Gardner/Chickering-BalladsAndSongsOfSouthernMichigan 87, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text plus mention of 2 more)
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 86, "Glencoe" (1 text)
Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia, pp. 67-69, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text)
Peacock, p. 579, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Creighton-MaritimeFolkSongs, p. 60, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Creighton-FolksongsFromSouthernNewBrunswick 35, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Leach-FolkBalladsSongsOfLowerLabradorCoast 129, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Karpeles-FolkSongsFromNewfoundland 56, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-FolksongsOfNewBrunswick, pp. 70-72, "Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Mackenzie-BalladsAndSeaSongsFromNovaScotia 68, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text)
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, p. 136, "McDonald's Return to Glenco" (1 text)
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 52-53, "Donald of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H655, p. 319, "The Pride of Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang, pp. 113-115, "The Banks of Glenco" (2 texts, 1 tune)
MacColl/Seeger-TravellersSongsFromEnglandAndScotland 28, "The Lass o' Glencoe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1354, p. 92, "Mc'Donald's Return to Glenco" (1 reference)
MidwestFolklore, Ivan H. Watson, "Folk Singing on Beaver Island," Volume 2, Number 4 (Winter 1952), p. 248, "The Pride of Glencoe" (reference only)
DT 464, PRIGLENC*
Roud #515
RECORDINGS:
Lizzie Higgins, "MacDonald of Glencoe" (on LHiggins01)
Mr. MacDonald, "Glencoe" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Johnson Ballads 1641, "Donald's Return to Glencoe," G. Walker (Durham), 1797-1834; also 2806 c.14(133)[many illegible words], Firth c.17(300)[some illegible words], Harding B 11(932), Firth c.14(158), Firth c.14(160), Harding B 19(109), 2806 c.18(89), Harding B 16(324a), Firth b.26(11)[a few illegible words], Firth b.25(226), Firth b.27(454), Harding B 16(323b), 2806 c.15(174), "Donald's Return to Glencoe"; Firth b.27(462), "Donand's Return to Glencoe" ["Donald" in the text]
LOCSinging, as202320, "Mc'Donald's Return to Glenco," H. De Marsan (New York), 1861-1864; also sb30347b, "Mc'Donald's Return to Glenco"
Murray, Mu23-y4:036, "Donald's Return to Glencoe," unknown, 19C
NLScotland, L.C.178.A.2(206), "Donald's Return to Glencoe," unknown, c. 1840; also L.C.Fol.70(73a), "Donald's Return to Glencoe," James Lindsay (Glasgow), c. 1875
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John (George) Riley (I)" [Laws N36] and references there
cf. "The Silk Merchant's Daughter (I) [Laws N10]" (tune)
cf. "The Lass o Glencoe" (lyrics)
SAME TUNE:
The Silk Merchant's Daughter [Laws N10] (File: LN10)
NOTES [33 words]: Broadside LOCSinging as202320: H. De Marsans dating per Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS
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File: LN39

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