{"id":9578,"date":"2023-03-01T08:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2023-03-01T08:01:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:01:37","slug":"bold-archer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9578","title":{"rendered":"Bold Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Billy_Boy.png\" 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\/Bold_Archer.mp3\"><br \/>\nBold Archer &#8211; Click To Play <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\n<p>Known in Scotland as &#8220;Archie O&#8217; Cawfield&#8221; this song tells the story of an outlaw who is aided in escaping prison in the late 1700s and has a very happy ending! It has been well documented:   [ Roud 83 ;  Child 188 ; G\/D 2:244 ; Ballad Index C188 ; Bodleian Roud 83 ; Mudcat 9037 ; trad.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<br \/>\n[D] It was in the chil-ly month of March<br \/>\n[G] Just as the flowers grew under the arch,<br \/>\n[G] A castle was built upon Kensal Green<br \/>\n[D] All for to put Bold Archer in.<\/p>\n<p>Now our brother in prison do lay<br \/>\nCon-demned to die is he<br \/>\nIf I had e-leven such brothers this day<br \/>\nIt is Bold Archer I&#8217;d set free.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nEleven, says Richard, is not enough<br \/>\nFull forty brave la-ds there must be;<br \/>\nThe chain and the bars will have to be broke<br \/>\nBefore Bold Archer &#8211; you can set free.<\/p>\n<p>Ten for to stand by our horses&#8217; reins<br \/>\nAnd ten for to guard us round about,<br \/>\nAnd ten for to stand by the cas-tle door<br \/>\nAnd ten for to bring Bold Archer out.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nNow Dickie broke locks and Dickie broke bars<br \/>\nDickie broke every-thing he could see<br \/>\nHe took Bold Archer under his arm<br \/>\nAnd carried him off most manfully.<\/p>\n<p>They mounted their horses, away they did ride<br \/>\nArchie, he mounted his horse likewise.<br \/>\nThey rode till they came to their fa-mily<br \/>\nAnd there they dismoun-ted bold and free.<\/p>\n<p>And th-ere they ordered the music to play<br \/>\nIt played so sweet and joy-fully<br \/>\nThe very first dancer of that day<br \/>\nIt was Bold Archer, whom they\u2019d set free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this mp3? mp3: Bold Archer &#8211; Click To Play Known in Scotland as &#8220;Archie O&#8217; Cawfield&#8221; this song tells the story of an outlaw who is aided in escaping prison in the late 1700s and has a very happy ending! It has been well documented: [ Roud 83 ; Child 188 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9578\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bold Archer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578","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=9578"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9582,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578\/revisions\/9582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}