{"id":7329,"date":"2011-02-01T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2019-11-07T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:34:49","slug":"henry-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7329","title":{"rendered":"Henry Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Henry_Martin.jpg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Henry_Martin.mp3\">Henry Martin &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nI remember seeing Joan Baez sing &#8220;Henry Martin&#8221; at Club 47 in Cambridge MA in 1960. She looked and sounded just like she does in this clip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pcrNySdHKDQ\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis ballad is sometimes confused with Andrew Barton, because they are similar both in story and sometimes in tune. According to Sharp Henry Martin is probably the older ballad and was recomposed during the reign of James I. However, some scholars feel it is the other way around. Whichever is the case, Henry Martin dates to at least the 1700s.<\/p>\n<p>In the many versions the hero is variously Henry Martin (Martyn), Robin Hood, Sir Andrew Barton, Andrew Bodee, Andrew Bartin, Henry Burin and Roberton. Sharp feels Henry Martin is probably a corruption of the name Andrew Barton.<\/p>\n<p>The ballad is based on a family that lived during the reign of Henry VIII. A Scottish officer, Sir Andrew Barton, was attacked by the Portuguese. Letters of marque were then issued to two of his sons. The brothers, not finding sufficient Portuguese ships, began harassing English merchants. King Henry VIII commissioned the Earl of Surrey to end their piracy. He was given two vessels which he put under the command of his sons, Sir Thomas and Sir Edward Howard. They attacked Barton&#8217;s ships, The Lion and the Union, and captured them. They returned triumphant on August 2, 1511.<\/p>\n<p>Child Ballad #250<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xXDIA0DhPF0\">Click Here<\/a> for another strong performance of &#8220;Henry Martin&#8221; by actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leidenfrosteffect.com\/bio.html\">Chris Leidenfrost-Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nThere were three brothers in merry Scotland,<br \/>\nIn merry Scotland there were three,<br \/>\nAnd they did cast lots which of them should go,<br \/>\nshould go, should go,<br \/>\nAnd turn robber all on the salt sea.<\/p>\n<p>The lot it fell first upon Henry Martin,<br \/>\nThe youngest of all three;<br \/>\nThat he should turn robber all on the salt sea,<br \/>\nSalt sea, salt sea.<br \/>\nFor to maintain his two brothers and he.<\/p>\n<p>He had not been sailing but a long winter&#8217;s night<br \/>\nAnd a part of a short winter&#8217;s day,<br \/>\nBefore he espied a stout lofty ship,<br \/>\nlofty ship, lofty ship,<br \/>\nCome abibing down on him straight way.<\/p>\n<p>Hullo! Hullo! cried Henry Martin,<br \/>\nWhat makes you sail so nigh?<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a rich merchant bound for fair London town,<br \/>\nLondon Town, London Town<br \/>\nWill you please for to let me pass by?<\/p>\n<p>Oh no! Oh no! cried Henry Martin,<br \/>\nThat thing it never could be,<br \/>\nFor I am turned robber all on the salt sea<br \/>\nSalt sea, salt sea.<br \/>\nFor to maintain my brothers and me.<\/p>\n<p>Come lower your topsail and brail up your mizz&#8217;n<br \/>\nAnd bring your ship under my lee,<br \/>\nOr I will give you a full flowing ball,<br \/>\nflowing ball, flowing ball,<br \/>\nAnd your dear bodies drown in the salt sea.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no! we won&#8217;t lower our lofty topsail,<br \/>\nNor bow ourselves under your lee,<br \/>\nAnd you shan&#8217;t take from us our rich merchant goods,<br \/>\nmerchant goods, merchant goods<br \/>\nNor point our bold guns to the sea.<\/p>\n<p>With broadside and broadside and at it they went<br \/>\nFor fully two hours or three,<br \/>\nTill Henry Martin gave to her the deathshot,<br \/>\nthe deathshot, the deathshot,<br \/>\nAnd straight to the bottom went she.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news, bad news, to old England came,<br \/>\nBad news to fair London Town,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s been a rich vessel and she&#8217;s cast away,<br \/>\ncast away, cast away,<br \/>\nAnd all of the merry men drown&#8217;d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Henry Martin &#8211; Click To Play I remember seeing Joan Baez sing &#8220;Henry Martin&#8221; at Club 47 in Cambridge MA in 1960. She looked and sounded just like she does in this clip: CLICK HERE This ballad is sometimes confused with Andrew Barton, because they are similar both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Henry Martin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,11,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish","category-seafaring","category-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7329"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8767,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions\/8767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}