Northern Irish people who learned it in the oral tradition. Eddie Butcher of Magilligan, County Londonderry knew a fragment of the ballad which can be heard via the Irish Traditional Music Archive, and Paddy Tunney of Mollybreen, County Fermanagh sang a version to Hugh Shields in 1968. In Scotland, Duncan Williamson of Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, William Whyte of Aberdeen and Betsy Johnston of Glasgow all had traditional versions recorded, the latter two by Hamish Henderson. Popular recordings Following are some of the notable recordings of the ballad, including their artists, titles, albums, and years: Adaptations Prose John Myers Myers tells a variant in Silverlock (1949) The Armourer's House, by Rosemary Sutcliff (1951) -- includes a telling of the Tam Lin tale, which parallels the novel's theme of a girl struggling to obtain her dreams. Scottish Folk-Tales and Legends, by Barbara Ker Wilson (1954) Thursday, by Catherine Storr (1971) Red Shift, by Alan Garner (1973) The Queen of Spells, by Dahlov Ipcar (1973) The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope (1974) Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones (1985) Tam Lin by Joan D. Vinge, in Imaginary Lands edited by Robin McKinley (1986) Nattens demon (translated from Norwegian as Demon of the Night), by Margit Sandemo (1987) Tam Lin: An Old Ballad, by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak (1990) Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass, by Alice Munro, in Friend of My Youth (1990) Tam Lin by Susan Cooper, illustrated by Warwick Hutton (1991) Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean (1991) Tam Lin, in the graphic novel series Ballads and Sagas edited by Charles Vess (1995) Winter Rose, by Patricia McKillip (1996) Never Let Go, by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (1999) Burd Janet, by Jane Yolen, in Not One Damsel in Distress (2000) "Cotillion", by Delia Sherman, in Firebirds, edited by Sharyn November (2003) The Dogs of Babel (UK edition: Lorelei's Secret), by Carolyn Parkhurst (2003) Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black (2004) "He Said, Sidhe Said" by Tanya Huff, in Faerie Tales ed. Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenberg (2004) An Earthly Knight, by Janet McNaughton (2005) Blood and Iron, by Elizabeth Bear (2006) Summer's Lease, by Eluki bes Shahar (Rosemary Edghill) Roses and Rot, by Kat Howard (2016) Theatre The Thyme of the Season by Duncan Pflaster (incorporates elements and allusions to the story) Film Tam-Lin (1970) directed by Roddy McDowall, and starring Ava Gardner.