- 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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Adaptations
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Skewball written by [Traditional] English 1784
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Stewball
written by Woody Guthrie
English
April 16, 1944
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Stewball
written by John Herald, Ralph Rinzler, Bob Yellin
English
1961
— lyrics
- Stewball written by Pierre Delanoë, Hugues Aufray French 1966
- Den dagen, den sorgen {} written by Rolf Løken Norwegian 1978
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Stewball
written by John Herald, Ralph Rinzler, Bob Yellin
English
1961
— lyrics
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Stewball
written by Woody Guthrie
English
April 16, 1944