Judas (ballad)
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13th century English ballad
"Judas" (Roud 3964, Child 23) is one of the oldest surviving English folk ballads, dating back to at least the 13th century. Francis Child numbered it No. 23 in his collection.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Child, Francis James, ed. (1890). "Judas". English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. I Part 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 242–244. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Judas". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ Bertrand Harris Bronson, The Ballad as Song (1969) p. 97: "First, then, for the materials, taking the Child ballads as our convenient base. ... Whereas the earliest text among Child's ballads, the 'Judas', goes back to the mid-thirteenth century, no tune specifically attached in the record by title or ..."
External links
- "Judas", sacred-texts.com
