- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1784
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Skewball, born in 1741, was a racehorse bred by Francis, Second Earl of Goldolphin. The horse, a gelding, was purportedly the top earning racer in Ireland in 1752, when he was 11. The song apparently originated as a ballad about a high stakes race occurring in the Curragh in Kildare, Ireland in March, 1752, which Skewball won. The 1784 publishing date is for the oldest broadside identified of the ballad and is held by the Harding Collection of the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford.
According to John and Alan Lomax in "American Ballads and Folk Songs", the ballad was converted into a work song by slaves -- which is supported by the version of the lyrics published in their book. "Skewball" apparently became "Stewball" after the song migrated to the United States. - Licensing
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Song
Versions
Skewball written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Stewball | Lead Belly and The Golden Gate Quartet | February 1941 | |||
Old Kimball | Mrs. Texas Gladden | 1942 | |||
Stewball | Cisco Houston | 1952 | |||
Stewball | The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group | April 1956 | Unverified | ||
Stew Ball | The Skifflers | October 1957 | |||
Stewball | Leon Bibb | March 1960 | |||
Stewball | Ed Lewis & Prisoners | 1960 | |||
Skewball | Steeleye Span | December 1971 | |||
Skewbald | Martin Carthy | December 1974 | |||
Stewball | John Koerner | 1974 | |||
Stewball | Michael Cooney | 1982 | |||
Stewball | Robert Earl Keen, Jr. | 1988 | Live | ||
Stewball | Eddie Adcock - John Duffey - Tom Gray - Charlie Waller | 1989 | |||
Stewball | Piccadilly Six + One | 1995 | |||
Stewball | Tarbox Ramblers | 2000 | |||
Skewbald | Lehto & Wright | 2001 | |||
Stewball | Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem | April 10, 2003 | |||
Stewball | Bill Staines | 2004 | |||
Skewball | June Tabor | February 2005 | Live | ||
Stewball | Al Foul | 2009 | Unverified | ||
Old Kimball | Anna & Elizabeth | 2012 | |||
Stewball | Willie Watson | May 6, 2014 | |||
Skewball | Eric Bibb and JJ Milteau | November 6, 2015 | |||
Stewball | Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs | May 4, 2018 |
Stewball written by Woody Guthrie English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Stewball | Woody Guthrie | April 20, 1999 | First recording on April 16, 1944 Released more than 10 years after its recording |
Stewball written by John Herald, Ralph Rinzler, Bob Yellin English lyrics
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Stewball | The Greenbriar Boys | November 1961 | First recording in 1961 First release |
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Stewball | Molly Scott [US] | 1961 | |||
Stewball | Peter, Paul and Mary | October 1963 | |||
Stewball | The Chad Mitchell Trio | January 1964 | |||
Stewball | Joan Baez | November 1964 | |||
Stewball | The Hollies | June 1966 | |||
Stewball | The Four Pennies | October 1966 | |||
Stewball | Jimmy Tarbuck | May 1967 | |||
Stewball | Mascots [SE] | 1967 | |||
Stewball | Peter, Sue & Marc | 1976 | |||
Stewball | Doris Day | December 6, 2011 | |||
Stewball | Doris Day with Terry Melcher | April 1, 2014 | Released more than 10 years after its recording | ||
Stewball | Joshua Payne | June 25, 2014 |
Stewball written by Hugues Aufray, Pierre Delanoë French
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Stewball | Hugues Aufray | 1966 | First release | ||
Stewball | Vox Angeli | December 3, 2010 | |||
Stewball | Alpha Blondy | April 7, 2011 |
Den dagen, den sorgen {} written by Rolf Løken Norwegian
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Den dagen, den sorgen {} | Nemesis [NO] | 1978 | First release |
Il Cavallino Bianco written by Ombretta Lalli Italian (not verified yet)
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Il Cavallino Bianco | Jonathan & Michelle | May 1967 | Unverified |