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Dangerous Examples--Fighting & Sailing Women in Song by Dianne Dugaw
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10 tracks | 29 minutes
Released Mar 2003
on Dianne Dugaw
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:58 The Female Sailor Bold lyrics BUY MP3 01:58 The Female Sailor Bold lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:58 The Female Sailor Bold
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 Doralee-My-Laddie lyrics FREE 03:17 Doralee-My-Laddie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 Doralee-My-Laddie
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 Susan's Adventures lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 Susan's Adventures lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 Susan's Adventures
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 The Larks They Sang Melodious lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 The Larks They Sang Melodious lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 The Larks They Sang Melodious
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 Polly and Jack lyrics BUY MP3 03:24 Polly and Jack lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:24 Polly and Jack
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 The Female Warrior lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 The Female Warrior lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 The Female Warrior
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 The Cruel War lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 The Cruel War lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 The Cruel War
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 Mary Ambree lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 Mary Ambree lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 Mary Ambree
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:44 The Female Drummer lyrics BUY MP3 01:44 The Female Drummer lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:44 The Female Drummer
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 The Bristol Bridegroom lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 The Bristol Bridegroom lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 The Bristol Bridegroom
Bold women star in folk ballads that were top hits for 200 years, in a clear, bright traditional style.
Bio / Background
Masquerading as men, heroic women star in over 120 popular ballads that were "smash hits" from Elizabethan to Victorian times. Poignant and lively, their stories are set to beautiful traditional tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. Dianne Dugaw gives a stirring portrait of women soldiers and sailors of former times that is based on her own collection of these now rare songs. "Dangerous Examples" gives you 10 of these extraordinary songs.
AND THE TITLE? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
"Manly they marched by two and by three,
But the foremost in battle was Mary Ambree."
("Mary Ambree", c. 1600)
"Mistress Mary Ambree, your examples are dangerous."
(Ben Jonson, London, 1609)
Dianne Dugaw performs at colleges, festivals, and conferences throughout the US and Canada. She is a professor of Literature and Folklore at the University of Oregon.
Her book, "Warrior Women & Popular Balladry, 1650-1850" can be ordered from the University of Chicago Press, www.press.uchicago.
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