Bannero

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: English or Irish ballad of apparently relatively recent origin (circa 1800). The ballad was a cautionary tale, in which an outlaw seduces or abducts a young lady, ending with a warning that young women should be wary of strange men. The song has been recorded as "Reynardine" many times, which has been said to involve an encounter between a supernatural werefox and a young woman. There is debate over whether "Reynardine" should be considered a folk adaptation of "The Mountains High" at all or, instead, whether A.L. Lloyd actually should be deemed the author of the song, although Lloyd claimed it to be a genuine folksong. In any case, the Roud Folk Index documents versions of "Reynardine" under number 397, along with "The Mountains High".
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date
Reynardine	A.L. Lloyd	1957
Reynardine	Shirley Collins and Davy Graham	February 1965
Reynardine - A Vampire Legend	Buffy Sainte-Marie	July 1967
Reynardine	Archie Fisher	1968
Reynardine	Fairport Convention	December 1969
Reynardine	Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick	1969
Reynardine	Bert Jansch	June 1971
Reynardine	Anne Briggs	1971
Reynardine	Finbar & Eddie Furey	1972
Reynardine	June Tabor	1976
Reynardine	The John Renbourn Group	1977
Reynardine	John Roberts & Tony Barrand	1977
Reynardine	John Goodluck	1977
Reynardine	Grace Notes	1993
Reynardine	Coope, Boyes & Simpson	1998
Reynardine	Maddy Prior	2001
Reynadine	The Green House Band	2003
Reynardine	Kevin Slick	2004
Reynardine	Isobel Campbell	November 7, 2006
Reynadine	Carolina Chocolate Drops	February 16, 2010
Reynardine	Jon Boden	May 1, 2011
Reynardine	Lynne Denman	September 11, 2012
Reynardine	Bryony Holden	April 18, 2013
Reynardine	S.N.G. Barron	July 2016
Reynardine	Martin Simpson	September 1, 2017
Reynardine	Tessa Souter	October 5, 2018

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Reynardine	Doug Berch	1983