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Child's Ballads/1
"Riddles Wisely Expounded"
Song
Language
English
Written
1450
Genre
Traditional English song, Child Ballad
"Riddles Wisely Expounded" is a traditional English song, dating at least to 1450. It is Child Ballad 1 and Roud 161, and exists in several variants.[1] The first known tune was attached to it in 1719. The title "Riddles Wisely Expounded" was given by Francis James Child and seems derived from the seventeenth century broadside version "A Noble Riddle Wisely Expounded".
^Francis James Child, "Riddles Wisely Expounded"
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"RiddlesWiselyExpounded" was given by Francis James Child and seems derived from the seventeenth century broadside version "A Noble RiddleWisely Expounded"...
oral tradition. Some of those included in the Child Ballads are "RiddlesWiselyExpounded" (Child 1), "The Elfin Knight" (Child 2), "King John and the Bishop"...
revival, for example "The Riddle Song" ("I gave my love a Cherry"), which he connects with Child No. 1, "RiddlesWiselyExpounded". Joan Baez sang ten Child...
Both the melody and the refrain come from the ballad known as "RiddlesWiselyExpounded" (Child #1).[citation needed]) Here, the refrain is syntactically...
unite with her lover. It is related to Child Ballad no. 1, or "RiddlesWiselyExpounded" and Child Ballad no. 46, "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" It is...
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are lost) which is also used, for example, by some versions of "RiddlesWiselyExpounded" (Child 1). Canadian singer and harpist Loreena McKennitt's song...
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Queen of Scotland The Rantin Laddie Redesdale and Wise William Richie Story RiddlesWiselyExpounded Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale Robin Hood and Guy of...
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Originally released by Collins Classics) List of the Child Ballads "RiddlesWiselyExpounded" "The Elfin Knight" Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular...
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type 875, the Clever Girl, a fairy tale making use of this motif is The Wise Little Girl. In Celtic folklore, in common with many other European traditions...
song was also popular elsewhere in the United States; Ozark singer Almeda Riddle sang another traditional version in 1964, and folklorist Max Hunter recorded...
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Queen of Scotland The Rantin Laddie Redesdale and Wise William Richie Story RiddlesWiselyExpounded Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale Robin Hood and Guy of...
Gladden of Virginia singing a version in 1941, and traditional singer Almeda Riddle of Arkansas performed a version in 1972. Jean Ritchie and her sister Edna...
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