minstrel: An introduction and a request

[L Joseph]

> --- Melissa Frolli <ahlaisha at hotmail.com> wrote:
> <P>The first is known popularly in faires as "Bedlam
> Boys'" (those of you who are Lackey admirers should
> recognize this one). It is know alternatively as Mad
> Maudlin, Tom of Bedlam and Boys Bedlam. The chourus
> runs thusly
> 
http://www.contemplator.com/folk5/bedlam.html
describes another piece called "Maid in Bedlam,
however it does mention "Tom O'Bedlam" as dating
from 1618. I found http://www.shakespeare-
online.com/faq/learfaq.asp
which discusses the use of the term "Tom O'Bedlam"
to describe an inmate of the famous London asylum in
Shakespeare's "King Lear." (BTW, Bedlam, or
Bethlehem
Hospital now houses the Imperial War Museum.)
 
 
> <P>The second is known commonly as "Shule Aroon". 

http://www.contemplator.com has no less than six
pieces containing the phrase "Johnny's gone for a
soldier." There's quite a nice version by James
Taylor on the soundtrack to the PBS miniseries,
"Liberty."
 
Cheers,
Jehanne de Wodeford, West
 


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"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --Frank Zappa

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