The Old Cow

Humourous song. Old Jackey is sent by his master to sell a cow. After the sale he stops at an inn; three highwaymen observe that he has money. Planning to rob Jackey, they offer him a ride home. Jackie outsmarts them, stealing their horse which is laden with three thousand pounds of silver and gold....

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Main Author: Keough, Willeen, Gertrude
Other Authors: Walsh, John, Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3442
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/3442 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 The Old Cow There were an old merchant in on (from the) Midwest Keough, Willeen, Gertrude Walsh, John Bold, Valentina Cape Broyle Southern Shore Region 10/21/1988 10 5 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3442 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 74-226 C2013; F1925 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3442 All Rights Reserved 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place. Department of Folklore 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z Humourous song. Old Jackey is sent by his master to sell a cow. After the sale he stops at an inn; three highwaymen observe that he has money. Planning to rob Jackey, they offer him a ride home. Jackie outsmarts them, stealing their horse which is laden with three thousand pounds of silver and gold. His master, a merchant, is so pleased he offers Jackey his daughter in marriage. See Peacock, Kenneth "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" (Bulletin No 197, Anthropological Series No. 55) 3 vols. Ottawa Museum of Man, 1965. p. 226 "The Rich Man's Daughter"; Greenleaf, Elisabeth and Grace Yarrow Mansfield. "Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland". Hatboro: Folklore Associates 1968. no. 21, p. 47 "The Highway Robert"; Leach, MacEdward. "Folk Ballads.Lower Labrador". No. 60, p. 162; Child No. 283 "The Crafty Farmer". Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Humourous song. Old Jackey is sent by his master to sell a cow. After the sale he stops at an inn; three highwaymen observe that he has money. Planning to rob Jackey, they offer him a ride home. Jackie outsmarts them, stealing their horse which is laden with three thousand pounds of silver and gold. His master, a merchant, is so pleased he offers Jackey his daughter in marriage. See Peacock, Kenneth "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" (Bulletin No 197, Anthropological Series No. 55) 3 vols. Ottawa Museum of Man, 1965. p. 226 "The Rich Man's Daughter"; Greenleaf, Elisabeth and Grace Yarrow Mansfield. "Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland". Hatboro: Folklore Associates 1968. no. 21, p. 47 "The Highway Robert"; Leach, MacEdward. "Folk Ballads.Lower Labrador". No. 60, p. 162; Child No. 283 "The Crafty Farmer".
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Bold, Valentina
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op_source 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place.
Department of Folklore
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74-226
C2013; F1925
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3442
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