- Sovay
Sovay is a traditional English
folk song (Roud # 7) about a young woman who dresses as ahighwayman in order to test her lover. The name 'Sovay' is probably a corruption of 'Sophie' or 'Sylvie' - both of which appear instead in some versions of the song. Similarly pronounced names are the French Sauvee and Scandinavian Solveig.Versions of the song have been recorded by:
*Bert Jansch
*Anne Briggs
*Martin Carthy
* Pentangle
*Ruth Barrett and Cyntia Smith Andrew Bird wrote a song called Sovay [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovay:_Andrew_Bird] , featured on the album "The Mysterious Production of Eggs ," which is said to borrow loosely from the original English song. [http://lookingcloser.org/music/mysteriousproductionofeggs.htm]Adaptations in other media
In 1993
Charles Vess andCharles de Lint created a short comic book adaptation of the song, originally published inDark Horse Presents #75. [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=53246] It was reprinted in [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=58488 The Book of Ballads and Sagas #2] in 1995, which in turn was collected in [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=59697 Ballads] in 1997.More recently, author Celia Rees has published a book called 'Sovay', which follows the story of a young highwaywoman. [It does feature the poem mentioned above in the prologue.]
External links
* [http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=129 Sovay - lyrics and music (Folkinfo.org)]
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