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	Sir Patrick Spens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Patrick Spens is one of the most popular of the Child Ballads (No. 58), and is primarily of Scottish origin.
		Sir Patrick, though honoured to receive a royal commission, is dismayed at being put to sea in the dead of winter, clearly realising this voyage could well be his last.
		Nearly all versions, whether they have the wreck on the outward voyage or the return, relate the bad omen of seeing "the new moon late yestreen, with the auld moon in her arms", and modern science agrees the tides would be at maximum force at that time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Patrick_Spens (463 words)

	Patrick Spens Bonnie George - Loyalty in Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell
		Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell Sure did think so in the two poems they were a part of The term loyalty means to be faithful and true to anything one is a part of Both Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell exemplify this trait.
		The situations Sir Patrick Spens and Bonnie George Campbell are involved in, along with the loyalty each exemplifies teach important lessons in the poems.
		Sir Patrick Spens' and Bonnie George Campbell's similarities in that they both have to go on missions, both are leaving something behind them, and both are skilled at what they do relates to their loyalty and the ironic outcome of this loyalty.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=6931 (1635 words)

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		The story itself is simple and yet universal in its theme: the courageous knight diligently obeying the command of his king in spite of the knowledge that he will almost certainly be going to his death.
		Sir Patrick Spens is composed in the ballad stanza and in the second line uses a typical ballad stock image, blude-reid wine.
		The over-all effectiveness of Sir Patrick Spens results from the combination of its various characteristics as a ballad.
	www.tnellen.com /cybereng/ballad.html (2046 words)

	Sir Patrick Spence
		This ballad is Child Ballad #58 (Sir Patrick Spens).
		This may have been due to the time of the year, but according to Percy there was also a law in the reign of James III which forbid ships to travel with goods out of the realm from the feast of Simon and Jude and Candlemas (October 28-February 2).
		A Patrick Spens was a shipmaster who was lost off Aberdour in the late 16th century.
	www.contemplator.com /child/spens.html (466 words)

	Intelligence in the Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens - John Bremer
		It is so easy for us to think of intelligence as belonging only to a literate world, as showing itself only in written composition and in academic ways, that we can pass over the achievement of what we condescendingly call "untutored" intelligence.
		The ballad of "Sir Patrick Spens" (or, sometimes, Spence) is surely one of the greatest--if not the greatest--of all the ballads.
		They are of the first importance, not merely from their bulk, but from their literary quality, since they include most of those which, if the anthologists may be trusted, must be regarded as the best ballads.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1992/august/Sa20008.htm (287 words)

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		This poem, also called "Sir Patrick Spence" in some books, exemplifies the "popular" or "folk" ballad: that is, an anonymous ballad originating with the people ("popular") or common folk ("folk").
		Second, a problem of figurative language emerges in stanza 7, with the reference of Sir Patrick Spens's crew to seeing "the new moon/ With the old moon in her arm" (lines 25-26).
		How does this emotion set up a subject or theme that also includes (a) Sir Patrick Spens's relationship to king and country; (b) the eldern knight's relationship to Sir Patrick Spens; (c) the relationship of Sir Patrick Spens to his crew; (d) the relationship of the ladies of the Scots nobles to their husbands?
	www.aug.edu /~nprinsky/Engl1102/Ch11rjc3sess2NQ.htm (1309 words)

	Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Wiggin: Chapter XVII. Playing Sir Patrick Spens.
		The wreck was more horribly realistic than ever, this time, because of our rehearsal; and when I crawled from under the masts and sails to seat myself on the beach with the Wrig, I had scarcely strength enough to remove the cooky from her hand and set her a- combing her curly locks.
		Confusion reigned for a moment, while Sir Patrick rose from her sea grave all in a mist of floating hair, from which hung impromptu garlands of pink thyme and green grasses.
		Sir Patrick, it is indeed a pleasure to see you again.
	online-literature.com /kate-wiggin/penelopes-experiences-in-scotl/17 (2628 words)

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		In “Sir Patrick Spens,” as in many other folk or popular ballads (poems originating with the common people), the aristocracy or upper class is portrayed negatively, with only one person or group excepted: (a) the King (b) the Eldern Knight (c) Sir Patrick Spens (d) the Scots nobles
		In “Sir Patrick Spens,” the first two lines of stanza 5 are characterized by a stylistic element known as: (a) ellipsis (b) redundancy (c) anacoluthon (d) parenthesis
		In “Sir Patrick Spens,” what the crew saw that they found so striking (stanza 7), regarding the mission, and a problem in interpreting figurative language, is: (a) the harvest moon (b) two moons (c) the crescent moon (d) a blue moon
	www.aug.edu /~nprinsky/Engl1102/Ch11RJc3qz.htm (1175 words)

	Sir Patrick Spens: Mostly Medieval Exploring the Middle Ages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sir Patrick Spens: Mostly Medieval Exploring the Middle Ages
		In order to preserve the historical integrity of the ballads in this section they are presented in their original dialects, which span a broad range.
		The ballad, Sir Patrick Spens, appears in Volume II of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Edited by Francis James Child.
	www.skell.org /explore/text/spensT.html (195 words)

	Variants for Child Ballad #48 Sir Patrick Spens
		I heard an auld man weep: 'Sir Andrew Wood and a' his men Are drowned in the deep!' 6 0 lang lang may yon ladies stand, Their fans into their hands, Before they see Sir Andrew Wood Come sailing to dry land.
		Version H Name: Sir Patrick Spens Note: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, III, 64, ed.
		Version K Name: Sir Patrick Spens Note: Communicated by Mr Munson, as taken down from recitation in Old Deer by Mrs Munson 1 IT's when he read the letter ower A licht lauch then leuch he; But lang uru be wan the end o it The saut tear filled his e.
	www.contemplator.com /child/var58.html (4191 words)

	Kate Douglas Wiggin : Penelope's Experiences in Scotland : Chapter XVII. Playing Sir Patrick Spens.
		We added much to the effect of this stanza by flinging ourselves on the turf and embracing Sir Patrick's knees, with which touch of melodrama he was enchanted.
		Francesca appeared rather ashamed at her natural disqualifications for the part of Sir Patrick.
		When our new Sir Patrick stretched herself on the ocean bed, she fell with a despairing wail; her gown spread like a pall over the earth, the Highland bonnet came off, and her hair floated over a haphazard pillow of Jessie's wildflowers.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid./bookid.1436/sec.17 (2582 words)

	Sir Patrick Spens
		I know there are several Fairport Convention fans among the leadheads; so this seems like a pretty good place to raise a question about the lyrics of the subject song.
		"Sir Patrick Spens" is one of my absolute favorites, but no matter how carefully I listen to it on "Full House" or "House Full", I can't understand some of the lyrics.
		Many Fairport Convention lyrics are listed on the web, but this song comes from the folk tradition attributable to that notorious composer Anonymous, and for some reason lyrics by Anonymous are rarely listed anywhere.
	www.apocalypse.org /pub/leadheads/leadheads-mail/08-97/msg00034.html (263 words)

	www.sandydenny.co.uk - Lyrics - Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention - Sandy Denny
		Then up there spoke a bonny boy Sitting at the King's right knee, Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman That ever sailed upon the sea.
		The King has written a broad letter And sealed it up with his own right hand, Sending word unto Sir Patrick To come to him at his command.
		Forty miles off Aberdeen The water's fifty fathoms deep There lies good Sir Patrick Spens With the Scots lords at his feet.
	www.codehot.co.uk /sandy/lyrics/sirpatrickspens.htm (254 words)

	The Child Ballads: 58. Sir Patrick Spens
		O 58F.2 But out then speaks an Irish knight, Sat by the king’s right knee: ‘Skipper Patrick is the best skipper That ever my eyes did see.’ 58F.3 The king has written a lang letter, And sealed it wi his hand, And sent it to Skipper Patrick, As he walked alang the sand.
		58J.2 Up it spak a bonnie boy, Sat by the king’s ain knie: ‘Sir Patrick Spens is as gude a skipper As ever sailed the sea.’ 58J.3 The king has wrote a broad letter, And signed it wi his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, To read it gif he can.
		Child 58N: Sir Patrick Spens Noted down from a female servant, by Joseph Robertson, July, 15, 1829, Adversaria, p.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/eng/child/ch058.htm (3924 words)

	Poem of the Week: Answer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Half-owre, half owre to Aberdour, 'Tis fifty fathoms deep, And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens, Wi' the Scots lords at his feet.
		Twenty years later, after Alexander's death, his grand-daughter Margaret, the Maid of Norway, was heiress to the Scottish throne, and on the voyage to Scotland she died.
		The ballad of Sir Patrick Spens, which exists in several versions, combines these two incidents.
	www.stanford.edu /~pahk/poems/030419.html (416 words)

	Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention Lyrics
		"Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman that ever sailed upon the sea"
		Sending word unto Sir Patrick to come to him at his command
		There lies good Sir Patrick Spens with the Scots lords at his feet
	lyricslyricsandlyrics.com /l/70030/.../sir_patrick_spens.html (475 words)

	Find in a Library: Sir Patrick Spens : a ballad for tenor and guitar
		Sir Patrick Spens : a ballad for tenor and guitar
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/4684dfa302ad87a7.html (69 words)

	Sir Patrick Spens [Child 58] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DESCRIPTION: The King, needing a good sailor, calls upon Sir Patrick Spens to sail (to Norway?) in the dead of winter.
		Child 58, "Sir Patrick Spens" (18 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #5}
		Niles 25, "Sir Patrick Spens" (1 text, 1 tune)
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/C058.html (325 words)

	The king sits in Dunfermline toun / Sir Patrick Spens
		Sayin Sir Patrick Spens is the finest sailor
		You maun tak this to Sir Patrick Spens
		The great number and variety of versions sufficiently indicate the antiquity of this ballad.
	www.musicanet.org /robokopp/scottish/theking.htm (392 words)

	Song Lyrics :: Sandy Denny lyrics - Unknown album - Sir Patrick Spens lyrics
		Song Lyrics :: Sandy Denny lyrics - Unknown album - Sir Patrick Spens lyrics
		Sandy Denny lyrics - Unknown lyrics - Sir Patrick Spens lyrics
		''sir patrick spens is the very best seaman
	www.lyred.com /lyrics/Sandy+Denny/unknown/Sir+Patrick+Spens (189 words)

	The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Vocal Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		And there lies brave Sir Patrick Spens, With his comrades at his feet.
		by Robert Pearsall (1795-1856), "Sir Patrick Spens", 1869.
		Search sheetmusicplus.com for Sir Patrick Spens, Art song, Lieder, chansons, or works for solo voice
	www.recmusic.org /lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16932 (210 words)

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		One critic thinks that Sir John acts "like a spineless lover who gave up the ghost without a struggle." How would you answer that criticism?
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