The Shooting of His Dear

Written by: [Traditional]
Publication date: 1765
Language: English
Roud number: 166
Comments: [Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114; Ballad Index LO36; VWML SBG/1/3/43; Bodleian Roud 166; trad.]. Scottish traditional first published in 1765 as "Molly Bawn". Typically known as "Polly Vaughan" (or Vaughn) or "The Shooting of His Dear" or "The Fowler" (for bird hunter).
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Molly Vaughn	John Jacob Niles	1956
Polly Vaughn	The Dillards	May 1963
Polly Von	Peter, Paul and Mary	October 1963
Polly Vaughan	Anne Briggs	August 1964
The Shooting of His Dear	Peter Bellamy	1968
Molly Bon	Janet Smith	1968
Molly Vaughn	Phoebe Smith	1970
Polly Von	The Miles Martin Folk Group	1971
Polly Vaughn	Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group	1971
Molly Bawn Lowry	John Maguire	1973
Molly Bawn	Hedy West	1976
Polly Vaughan	Tony Rose	1976
Polly Vaughn	John Roberts & Tony Barrand	1977
Polly Vaughn	Monika Hauff und Klaus-Dieter Henkler	1977
The Shooting of His Dear	Dave Burland	1979
Polly Vaughn	Holly Tannen and Pete Cooper	1979
Molly Bawn	Sons of Erin	1980
Molly Bond	The Oyster Band	October 1986
Molly Bán (Bawn)	The Chieftains with Alison Krauss	September 17, 2002
Molly Bán	Pauline Scanlon	2004
Molly Bawn	Alasdair Roberts	March 22, 2005
Molly Bawn	Caitlin	2006
Molly Vaughan	Bella Hardy	September 22, 2007
Polly Vaughan	Martha Tilston	2007
Polly Vaughan	Jon Boden	September 5, 2010
Polly Vaughn	The Lasses	April 7, 2015
Polly Vaughan	Rachael Dadd	April 18, 2015
Polly Vaughn	The Furrow Collective	November 4, 2016
Polly Vaughan	Olivia Chaney	May 31, 2019
Polly Vaughn	Matthew Rice Campbell	June 23, 2023	Acoustic

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Molly Ban	The Beers Family	1965