"The Battle of Otterburn (ballad) ""The Battle of Otterburn"" (or ""Otterbourne"") is a Scottish ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 161, Roud 3293. It is an account of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. This battle also inspired ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"", an English version, but the Scottish version is more historically accurate. The lead verse of the ballad is: ""It fell about the Lammas tide, <br>""When the muir-men win their hay, <br>""The doughty Earl of Douglas rode <br>""Into England, to catch a prey."" James, 2nd Earl of Douglas who led the raid was mortally wounded"
"The Ballad of Chevy Chase ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"" is an English ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 162 (Roud 223). There are two extant ballads under this title, both of which narrate the same story. As ballads existed within oral tradition before being written down, other versions of this once popular song also may have existed. Moreover, other ballads used its tune without necessarily referring to ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase."" The ballads tell the story of a large hunting party upon a parcel of hunting land (or ""chase"") in the Cheviot Hills (a range of rolling hills straddling"
"about military and naval subjects were a major part of the output of ballad writers from the 16th century onwards, including one of the earliest British ballads ‘The Ballad of Chevy Chase’, which deals with the events of the Scottish victory of the Battle of Otterburn in 1388 and may date to the early 15th century. The conflicts between England and Spain in the later 16th and early 17th centuries produced a number of ballads describing events, particularly naval conflicts like those of the Spanish Armada. The English Civil War (1642–1653) produced a subgenre of ""Cavalier ballads"", including ""When the"
"the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders), hence the term, ""Chevy Chase"". The hunt is led by Percy, the English Earl of Northumberland. The Scottish Earl Douglas had forbidden this hunt and interpreted it as an invasion of Scotland. In response he attacked, causing a bloody battle after which only 110 people survived. Both ballads were collected in Thomas Percy's ""Reliques"" and the first of the ballads in Francis James Child's ""Child Ballads"". Different versions were collected in England, Scotland, and the US. Scholar Francis J. Child as well as Thomas Percy noted similarities between this ballad and"
"the 16th century onwards. Most of these fell into two groups, those that lamented the cost of war for the participants, and which can therefore be seen as early protest songs and those that were generally patriotic in nature an often veered into propaganda. Narrative descriptions, which had an important function in distributing news before the development of modern newspapers, fell into both camps, occasionally at the same time. One of the earliest British ballads is ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"", which exists in several versions and deals, somewhat inaccurately, with the events of the Scottish victory of the Battle"
"separate bloody battle between English and Scottish forces, after which only 110 people survived, which is described in ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"". (Note – the origin of the border skirmishes between Percy, the Earl of Northumberland, and the Scottish Earl of Douglas, may have been a hunt that strayed into Scotland and was interpreted as an invasion.) Two other related battles were the Battle of Homildon Hill, fought within the Cheviots near Wooler in 1402, and the Battle of Hedgeley Moor, fought north of Powburn in 1464. Most of the range on the English side is mapped as 'open"
"Chase (born Cornelius Chase, 1943). The ballad has given the English language the verb ""to chivvy"", meaning to pester or encourage someone to perform a task. The Ballad of Chevy Chase ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"" is an English ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 162 (Roud 223). There are two extant ballads under this title, both of which narrate the same story. As ballads existed within oral tradition before being written down, other versions of this once popular song also may have existed. Moreover, other ballads used its tune without necessarily referring to ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase."" The ballads"
"victory in the September 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake paved the way for a successful naval blockade and land siege of Lord Cornwallis' army at Yorktown, Virginia. The battle has been memorialized by American singer-songwriter Todd Snider in ""The Ballad of Cape Henry"". Although there is a marker commemorating the Battle of the Chesapeake at the Cape Henry Memorial in Virginia, there is no recognition of this battle at the site. Basic information (ship names and gun counts) are provided by Morrissey unless otherwise cited. The names of ship captains are provided by Mahan unless otherwise cited, and casualty figured"
"Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice"". Both Northern English and Southern Scots shared in the identified tradition of Border ballads, particularly evinced by the cross-border narrative in versions of ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"" sometimes associated with the Lancashire-born sixteenth-century minstrel Richard Sheale. It has been suggested that the increasing interest in traditional popular ballads during the eighteenth century was prompted by social issues such as the enclosure movement as many of the ballads deal with themes concerning rural laborers. James Davey has suggested that the common themes of sailing and naval battles may also have prompted"
"many major folk festivals, including those of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Loughborough in Leicestershire, Shrewsbury in Shropshire, Warwick and Moseley. Although relatively neglected in the first folk revival North West England had a rich tradition of balladry stretching back at least to the 17th century and sharing in the tradition of Border ballads, including perhaps the finest ‘The Ballad of Chevy Chase', thought to have been composed by the Lancashire-born sixteenth century minstrel Richard Sheale. Lancashire in particular was a common location for folk songs, including ‘The Lancashire Miller’, ‘Warrington Ale’ and ‘The soldier’s farewell to Manchester’, beside several local Wassailing songs."
"Lancashire has a long and highly productive tradition of music making. In the early modern era the county shared in the national tradition of balladry, including perhaps the finest border ballad, ""The Ballad of Chevy Chase"", thought to have been composed by the Lancashire-born minstrel Richard Sheale. The county was also a common location for folk songs, including ""The Lancashire Miller"", ""Warrington Ale"" and ""The soldier's farewell to Manchester"", while Liverpool, as a major seaport, was the subject of many sea shanties, including ""The Leaving of Liverpool"" and ""Maggie May"", beside several local Wassailing songs. In the Industrial Revolution changing"
"Ohio."" It was recorded by Anne Grimes on her 1957 album, ""Ohio State Ballads"" and by Bob Gibson and Hamilton Camp on their 1960 album ""Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn"". It was also recorded as ""St. Claire's Defeat"" by the folk revival group the Modern Folk Quartet in 1964 and by Apollo's Fire in 2004. St. Clair's Defeat St. Clair's Defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was a battle fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States"
"of the battle. The battle is also depicted in the song ""Yankee Bayonet"" by indie-folk band The Decemberists. In ""Murder at 1600"", Detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) has built a plan-relief of the battle which plays a certain role in the plot. Prince William County staged special events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War through 2011. Manassas was named the No. 1 tourist destination in the United States for 2011 by the American Bus Association for its efforts in highlighting the historical impact of the Civil War. The cornerstone of the commemoration event featured a reenactment of the"
"The Sash The Sash (also known as The Sash My Father Wore) is a ballad from the Irish province of Ulster commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1690–1691. The lyrics mention the 1689 Siege of Derry, the 1689 Battle of Newtownbutler near Enniskillen, the 1690 Battle of the Boyne and the 1691 Battle of Aughrim. It is popular amongst Ulster loyalists and many other unionists in Northern Ireland, as well as in parts of Scotland where it can often be heard sung at association football games involving Rangers F.C.. There exists a"
"London and elsewhere in the 15th and 16th centuries belonged to the North. The activities of Sir Walter Scott and others in the 19th century gave the ballads an even wider popularity. William Morris considered them to be the greatest poems in the language, while Algernon Charles Swinburne knew virtually all of them by heart. One of the best-known is the stirring ""Chevy Chase"", which tells of the Earl of Northumberland's vow to hunt for three days across the Border ""maugre the doughty Douglas"". Of it, the Elizabethan courtier, soldier and poet Sir Philip Sidney famously said, ""I never heard"
"Crawford's Defeat by the Indians ""Crawford’s Defeat by the Indians"" is an early American folk ballad principally written by Doctor John Knight, survivor of the 1782 Crawford Expedition. The expedition was intended to destroy American Indian towns along the Sandusky River and was one of the final operations of the American Revolutionary War. The ballad, ""Crawford's Defeat,"" contains a great deal more history than poetry, however. It was long after a favorite song upon the frontier and was sung to various tunes. In fact, Doctor Knight's narrative was an immediate success. Its depiction of a brave officer's death at the"
"The Battle of New Orleans ""The Battle of New Orleans"" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). ""Billboard"" ranked it as the"
"Agincourt Carol The Agincourt Carol (sometimes known as the ""Agincourt Song"", the ""Agincourt Hymn"", or by its chorus and central words, ""Deo gratias Anglia"") is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France. The carol is one of thirteen on the Trinity Carol Roll, probably originating in East Anglia, that has been held in the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge since"
"The melody was written at Harrison's Landing, Berkely plantation's old wharf, by Norton and then General Daniel Butterfield. Total losses during the Seven Days Battle included 15,849 Union losses killed, wounded, or missing compared to the Confederate's 19,749 killed, wounded, or missing. At a cost of nearly 20,000 lives, Lee had defended Richmond, pushing the Union Army of the Potomac back to the James River. Less than a month later, in August, the Army of the Potomac withdrew from the Peninsula completely, ending the Peninsula Campaign and the Battle of Seven Days. Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) – (See"
"The Battle (George Jones song) ""The Battle"" is a song by American country music artist George Jones. It was composed by Norro Wilson, George Richey, and Linda Kimball and became the title track of Jones' 1976 LP. The song uses war as a metaphor in describing an argument and eventual reconciliation between a couple, with the woman emerging victorious and the narrator exclaiming, ""Oh, what a sweet surrender!"" The song begins with the sound of drums mimicking the start of a battle march. Despite Billy Sherrill's ambitious production and Jones' committed vocal performance, the single did not crack the Top"
"St. Clair's Defeat St. Clair's Defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was a battle fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States of America. The U.S. Army faced the Western Confederacy of Native Americans, as part of the Northwest Indian War. It was ""the most decisive defeat in the history of the American military."" It was the largest victory ever won by Native Americans. The natives were led by Little Turtle of the Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and"
"hands of fiendish savages drew wide admiration and scenes of a rolling landscape delighted eastern land speculators. Though a year elapsed before ""Indian Atrocities: Narratives of the Perils and Sufferings of Dr. Knight and John Slover"" was printed, the delay apparently did nothing to reduce its appeal. If anything, the delay probably increased public interest, for all the while the ballad, ""Crawford's Defeat,"" was being sung. Another ballad, titled ""Saint Clair's Defeat"", was later based on ""Crawford's Defeat"". It depicts the Battle of the Wabash, which was fought on November 4, 1791, in the Northwest Territory between the United States"
"The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley ""The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley"" is a 1971 spoken word recording with vocals by Terry Nelson and music by pick-up group C-Company. The song is set to the tune of ""The Battle Hymn of the Republic"". It offers a heroic description of Lieutenant William Calley, who in March 1971 was convicted of murdering Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre of March 16, 1968. The song discusses different opinions of the Vietnam War. It starts off with Calley's childhood and how being a part of the war and fighting for your country was"
"Battle of Charlotte The Battle of Charlotte was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 26, 1780. The battle took place at the Mecklenburg County Court House, which is now the site of the Bank of America tower at Trade and Tryon Streets in downtown Charlotte. An advance guard of General Charles Cornwallis' army rode into town and encountered a well-prepared Patriot militia under the command of William R. Davie in front of the court house. A skirmish ensued in which George Hanger, leading the British cavalry, was wounded. The small Patriot force, which had"
"in ""Rebel"" (1993), the first volume of Bernard Cornwell's The Starbuck Chronicles series of historical novels. The battle is described from the viewpoint of a Union infantryman in Upton Sinclair's novella ""Manassas"", which also depicts the political turmoil leading up to the Civil War. The battle is also depicted in John Jakes's ""The Titans"", the fifth novel in The Kent Family Chronicles, a series that explores the fictional Confederate cavalry officer Gideon Kent. The battle is the subject of the Johnny Horton song, ""Battle of Bull Run"". ""Shaman"", second in the Cole family trilogy by Noah Gordon, includes an account"
"erected to commemorate the battle, such as the Roncesvalles Pass Monument in Navarre, Spain. Roland's Breach, situated in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, is a gap thought to have been caused by Roland while fighting. At the summit of the Roncevaux Pass are the remains of an early chapel of San Salvador also known as Charlemagne's Chapel and the Charlemagne Monument built in 1934; both built to commemorate the Emperor's campaign in the region. The song is also commemorated in the Italian literary classic ""Orlando Furioso"". The battle is also referenced in the song ""Roncevaux"" by Van der"
"battleground to a campground, with the combat being changed to the Boy Scouts chasing after the Girl Scouts. The Battle of New Orleans ""The Battle of New Orleans"" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored"
"to be confused with the baseball player of the same name) and Phyllis E. Braun, Business Manager, produced a musical play entitled ""The Ballad Of Black Jack"" to tell the story of the events that led up to the battle. ""The Ballad Of Black Jack"" played as part of the city's Maple Leaf Festival from 1970–83 and again from 2001-05. It also played in nearby Lawrence in 1986 and in 2006 and 2007 as a part of Lawrence's Civil War On The Western Frontier program. In 2012 the National Park Service designated the battlefield a National Historic Landmark. Battle of"
"in Miami County, Ohio. However, no one of that name was a casualty of the 1791 battle. The story originated in 1864 and was actually taken from a Scottish novel. A folk ballad, ""St. Clair's Defeat"" (or ""Sinclair's Defeat""), was published in the 19th century; Anne Grimes' quotes ""Recollections of Persons and Places in the West"" by Henry M. Brackenridge, 1834, in which Brackenridge recalled hearing the song from its author, a blind poet named Dennis Loughey, at a racetrack in Pittsburgh around 1800. It was collected as a folksong in Mary O. Eddy's 1939 book ""Ballads and Songs from"
"Battle of Columbia The Battle of Columbia was a series of military actions that took place November 24–29, 1864, in Maury County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It concluded the movement of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Tennessee River in northern Alabama to Columbia, Tennessee, and across the Duck River. A Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield skirmished with Hood's cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and fortified a defensive line south of Columbia, but soon withdrew north across the Duck River, abandoning"
"Battle of Echoee The Battle of Echoee, or Etchoe Pass, was a battle on June 27, 1760, between the British and colonial force under Archibald Montgomerie and a force of Cherokee warriors under Seroweh. The encounter took place near the present-day municipality of Otto, in Macon County, North Carolina. With the outbreak of the French and Indian War, a part of the Seven Years' War, in 1754, the Cherokee were sought out as allies by the British, eventually taking part in campaigns against Fort Duquesne (present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and the Shawnee of the Ohio Country. In exchange for the"
"song called ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. The song eventually became known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Congress made it the United States national anthem in 1931. Battle of Baltimore The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British forces. The British and Americans first met at North Point. Though the Americans"
"from the engagement famed in ballad and history"". A tract of land in British America was named ""Cheivy Chace"" by 1725, and was eventually developed into the modern affluent areas of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. A golf club in the Maryland Chevy Chase inspired the name of Chevy Chase, Lexington, Kentucky. In naming things after elements of local culture, a shopping mall in the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, is named ""Chevy Chase"" after the ballad. The ballad inspired the childhood nickname and adult stage name of the American comedian and actor Chevy"