The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist and composer:	[traditional] (special purpose artist)

part of:	Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2) (order: 2)

other databases:	https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/theunfortunaterake.html [info] https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/wheniwasonhorseback.html [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/7642 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7771474 [info]

later versions:	No Man’s Land (Green Fields of France) St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
arrangements:	The Bad Girl (Fiddler's Dram arrangement) When I Was on Horseback (Zeni Geva arrangement)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
	Bad Girl's Lament		Martin Simpson	4:09
	The Bad Girl's Lament		Wade Hemsworth	2:51
	The Unfortunate Lad		Brendan Gleeson	1:44
	The Unfortunate Lass		Lucy Ward	4:09
	The Unfortunate Lass		Norma Waterson	4:29
	The Unfortunate Lass		Eliza Carthy	7:00
	The Unfortunate Rake/The Streets of Laredo	cover and medley	Tom Russell with A. L. Lloyd , Jimmie Dale Gilmore	1:48
	The Whore’s Lament		The Critics Group	4:15
	The Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime		Dead Raven Choir	5:12
	When I was on Horseback		John Huff	3:27
	When I Was on Horseback		Susan McKeown	4:23
	When I Was on Horseback		Steeleye Span	4:51
	When I Was on Horseback		Steeleye Span	6:12
	When I Was on Horseback		No Strings Attached	2:51
	When I Was on Horseback (live)	live	Steeleye Span	5:19
	When I Was on Horseback		Martin Simpson	4:24
	Young Girl		The Norfolk Broads	3:15