Sovay

Sovay

Sovay is a traditional English folk song (Roud # 7) about a young woman who dresses as a highwayman 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 and Charles de Lint created a short comic book adaptation of the song, originally published in Dark 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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