Section II, 1919 



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Trans. R.S.C. 



Lord Lovel and Lady Nancy; a Traditional Ballad 



By W. J. WiNTEMBERG 



Presented by Lawrence J. Burpee, F.R.S.C. 

 Read May Meeting, 1919 



Although in the United States the collection of folk ballads has 

 been carried on for some time, the Canadian field has until recently 

 been neglected. That there is abundant material in Canada has been 

 shown by Mr. C. M. Barbeau's large collections from both French 

 and English-speaking Canadians. 



So far only one version of "Lord Lovel," a traditional ballad 

 handed down orally in Great Britain, probably for several centuries, 

 has been recorded in Canada. It was recited to us by Mrs. Katherine 

 H. Wintemberg, who learned it from an old woman, when a child, 

 near Nenagh, Grey county, Ontario. 



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Lord Lovel stood at his castle-gate 

 A-combing his milk-white steed, 

 When up came Lady Nancy Bell 

 To wish her lover good speed, speed. 

 To wish her lover good speed. 



"Where are you going, Lord Lovel ?" she said, 

 "Where are you going ?" said she, 

 "I'm going away, Lady Nancy Bell, 



Strange countries for to see, see, 



Strange countries for to see." 



"When will you be back. Lord Lovel ?" she said, 

 "When will you be back ?" said she. 

 "In a year or two or three, at the most, 



I'll return to my fair Nancy, cy, 



I'll return to my fair Nancy." 



^ The melody was recorded and transcribed by C. M. Barbeau. 



