Ballad of Jamie AllanTom Pickard's Ballad of Jamie Allan recounts the true adventures of an eighteenth-century gypsy musician who lived on the English?Scottish Borders and died in Durham jail, serving a life sentence for stealing a horse. Though once patronized by dukes and earls, Allan lost their support as his wayward behavior began to exceed their own. His reputation as a great piper was matched only by his reputation as an outlaw or, in the words of Walter Scott, "a desperate reprobate."Drawing on newspaper accounts and court depositions, Pickard brings the ballad tradition to life with his own genius for the form. Through the words of his cohorts and contemporaries, Allan emerges as a spirit of the Borders, that wild and historically lawless region where rivers and fells set the stage for his captures and escapes. |
From inside the book
Try this search over all volumes: inauthor:"Tom Pickard"
Results 1-0 of 0
Common terms and phrases
Alnwick Castle Annie Ballad of Jamie Bay Gelding Beggar's Opera berries are red best black act Border Ballad cloth crime dark deserter DURHAM LOCKUP 13TH England fell flech Gaol Gateshead gave chase gelding and laughing gentleman's suit goodbye goold gown grainary gunning gypsy piper hawthorn Hexham horse thief Hugh INFORMATION 13TH James Jamie Allan Jamie move John Clark JOHN GAY John Harle John Winter join the army judge put Kathryn Tickell leave town Jamie LOCKUP 13TH NOVEMBER lover was found Marchbank Matthew Robinson morning musician NEWCASTLE COURANT Newcastle upon Tyne night North Shields Northumberland Northumbrian pipes pack your pipes pipes and pass played my pipes Purvis red its blossom Rengan riding high saddled river Robert Winter rode Rothbury running Sage Gateshead saith say fetch sergeant shilling stable thorns are sharp told town Jamie pack tune waistcoat waters my lover wind