to the period when the Middle Ages were drawing to a close and the greenwoods were full of outlaws, some high-born, but mostly otherwise, all of them on the run from oppressive feudal authority." See also "The Laird O Logie'" features another woman pleading for her lover's life. "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" depicts the condemned pleading for a stay of execution while the ransom may yet arrive. References Notes Other sources History Bohenie, Pitlochrie External links Geordie Geordie performed by Oak Ash & Thorn George Stoole broadside: EBBA 30131 – UCSB English Broadside Ballad Archive George of Oxford broadside: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/B04027.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Child Ballads Border ballads Northumbrian folklore Joan Baez songs Year of song unknown English folk songs English broadside ballads Songwriter unknown