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Young Beichan
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For works with similar titles, see Young Beichan and Susie Pye.
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"Young Beichan" is a ballad, which with a number of variants and names such as "Lord Baker", "Lord Bateman", and "Young Bekie", was collected by Francis James Child in the late 19th century, and is included in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads as number 53 (Roud 40). "Young Beichan," in Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
2133672Young Beichan
Versions of Young Beichan include:Arthur Rackham's illustration of this ballad.
"Young Beichan and Susie Pye" in Young Beichan and Susie Pye (1800).
"Young Biechan, and Susie Pye" in Young Biechan, and Susie Pye (1800).
"Young Beichan and Susie Pye" in Excellent old song intitled Young Beichan and Susie Pye (1821).
"Young Beichan" in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads ed. by Francis James Child (1882–98).
Variant A (In London city was Bicham born)
Variant B (In England was Young Brechin born)
Variant C (Young Bekie was as brave a knight)
Variant D (Young Beachen was born in fair London)
Variant E (In London was Young Beichan born)
Variant F (In the lands whre Lord Beichan was born)
Variant G (O Wharr'rrs aught a' yon flock o sheep)
Variant H (Young Beichan was in London born)
Variant I (In London was Young Bechin born)
Variant J (Sherr'rrs taen the keys frae her fadder's coffer)
Variant K (There is a marriage in yonder hall)
Variant L (Lord Bateman was a noble lord)
Variant M (Young Bonwell was a squire's ae son)
Variant N (In London was Young Bichen born)
Year: 1850
Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Young_Beichan

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