“The Banks of Dundee (Undaunted Mary)”

Description

A rich girl, now living with her uncle, falls in love with Willie, a plowboy. Since her uncle wants her to marry a squire, he tries to have Willie pressed. The squire attempts to take Mary; she shoots him, then her uncle. Mary then is free to marry Willie

Notes

Broadside LOCSinging as200230: H. De Marsan dating per _Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song_ by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Harding B 11(3942), "Undaunted Mary" or "The Banks of Sweet Dundee", J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 15(339a), Harding B 11(67), Harding B 11(834), Johnson Ballads 612A, Harding B 11(3944), Firth c.12(262), Harding B 11(2540), Harding B 11(3943), "Undaunted Mary" or "The Banks of Sweet Dundee"; Harding B 11(91), Firth c.12(258), Harding B 11(92), 2806 c.16(53), Harding B 11(1429), Firth c.18(252), 2806 c.16(52), "Answer to Undaunted Mary" or "The Banks of Sweet Dundee"; Harding B 11(93), Harding B 17(10b), "Answer to Undaunted Mary"; Firth c.26(255), Harding B 18(25), 2806 c.14(15)[partly illegible], "Banks of Sweet Dundee" [same as LOCSinging as200230]; Firth c.12(260), "Undaunted Mary, On the Banks of Sweet Dundee"; 2806 c.16(263), "Undaunted Mary"
• LOCSinging, as200230, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee", H. De Marsan (New York), 1861-1864; also as111340, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" [same as Bodleian Harding B 18(25)]
• Murray, Mu23-y1:094, "Undaunted Mary on The Banks of Sweet Dundee", James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C
• NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(110a), "Banks of Sweet Dundee," unknown, c. 1890; also RB.m.143(034), "Banks of Sweet Dundee"

Recordings

• Bob Brader, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (on Voice15)
• Michael "Straighty" Flanagan, "Banks of Sweet Dundee" (on IRClare01)
• Tony Wales, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (on TWales1)

References

1. Laws M25, "The Banks of Dundee (Undaunted Mary)"
2. Ford-Vagabond, pp. 78-81, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. O'Conor, p. 68, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text)
4. McBride 5, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Eddy 54, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text)
6. Gardner/Chickering 69, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text plus an excerpt and mention of 1 more, 1 tune)
7. Belden, pp. 137-139, "The Banks of Dundee" (2 texts, 1 tune)
8. Chappell-FSRA 58, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text)
9. Randolph 62, "On the Banks of Sweet Dundee" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
10. Randolph/Cohen, pp. 85-88, "On the Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 62A)
11. SharpAp 67, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (3 texts, 3 tunes)
12. Creighton/Senior, pp. 128-130, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (2 texts, 1 tune)
13. Creighton-Maritime, p. 38, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
14. Mackenzie 23, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text)
15. Leach, pp. 740-741, "The Banks of Dundee" (1 text)
16. Leach-Labrador 14, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
17. Lehr/Best 6, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
18. FSCatskills 50, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
19. Ord, pp. 406-407, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (1 text)
20. Copper-SoBreeze, pp. 200-201, "The Banks of Sweet Dandee" (1 text, 1 tune)
21. JHCox 119, "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (2 texts)
22. DT 318, SWTDUNDE* SWYDUND2*
23. Roud #148
24. BI, LM25