he was chained all by the middle, Until his life was almost gone. This Turk he had one only daughter, The fairest my two eyes eer see; She steel the keys of her father's prison, And swore Lord Bateman she would let go free. Popular Recordings Jean Ritchie on British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains—Child Ballads, Vol 1 (1961) Ewan MacColl on The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads)—Vol. 2 (1964) (as "Young Beichan") Peter Bellamy on The Fox Jumped Over The Parson's Gate (1969) New Lost City Ramblers on Remembrance of Things to Come (1966) Nic Jones on Nic Jones (1971) (as "Lord Bateman") The New Golden Ring on Five Days Singing, Volume 1 (1971) (as "Lord Bateman") Steve Ashley on Stroll On (1974) (as "Lord Bateman") Planxty on Words and Music (1983) (as "Lord Baker") June Tabor on On Air (1998) Susan McKeown on Lowlands (2000) (as "Lord Baker") Sinéad O'Connor on Sean-Nós Nua (2002) (as "Lord Baker") Jim Moray on Sweet England (2003) (as "Lord Bateman") Chris Wood on The Lark Descending (2005) (as "Lord Bateman") John Kirkpatrick on Make No Bones (2007) The Askew Sisters on Through Lonesome Woods (as "Lord Bateman") (2010) See also Hind Horn List of the Child Ballads Footnotes References External links "Young Beichan" "Lord Beigham", 19th-century broadside Video of a gradually scrolling panorama of illustrations of this ballad that arrive inside a stationary frame when the lyrics that they illustrate are sung. 19th-century songs Child Ballads Jean Ritchie songs Songwriter unknown Year of song unknown ATU 300-399