Roving Blade (aka The Flash Lad / Wild and Wicked Youth / Newry Town)
~ Song
Annotation
This song goes by many titles. Other than 'Roving Blade', it also is known as 'In Newry Town', 'Newlyn Town', 'The Flash Lad', 'The Rambling Boy', 'The Roving Blade', and 'Wild and Wicked Youth'.
Annotation last modified on 2011-12-21 01:56 UTC.
Relationships
| writer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
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| part of: | Roud Folk Song Index (number: 490) (order: 254) |
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| other databases: | https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/newlyntown.html [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q7753888 [info] |
| later versions: | The Flash Lad |
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| is the basis for: | Sid's Song |
| arrangements: | Newlyn Town (John Jones arrangement) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1992-07-01 | Newlyn Town | live | Bob Dylan | 3:53 |
| 2000-03-17 | Roving Blade (2000-03-17, late show: Reno Hilton Amphitheater, Reno, NV, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 4:41 |
| A Roving Blade | Bob Dylan | 3:47 | ||
| Newry Town | Jumbo Brightwell | ?:?? | ||
| Rake and the Rambling Blade | Norman Blake | 3:01 | ||
| The Wild and Wicked Youth (live) | cover and live | Bob Dylan | 4:27 | |
| Wild and Wicked Youth | Ian Stephenson | 3:02 | ||