Sunday, May 31, 2009

Thomas the Rhymer


[Kinuko Y. Craft]
Thomas the Rhymer or True Thomas, was a 13th century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune"). He is also the protagonist of the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer" (Child Ballad number 37). He is also the probable source of the legend of Tam Lin.
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Steeleye Span (full version on Youtube)

3 comments:

catmint said...

thanks for this - I enjoyed the Steeleye Span rendition, and love the romantic paintings on the youtube video and this one, interesting to compare them. This one is more elaborate colour-wise.

Natalis said...

beautiful version of little girl's dream :)

Hermes said...

I saw Steeleye perform this in concert and it has stayed with me ever since, and the tale is wonderful.