Jock_o'_the_Side
Jock o' the Side
Traditional song
Jock of the Side or Jock O' the Side is a border ballad existing in several variants, and is part of the series of 305 traditional songs of England and Scotland known as the Child ballads, having Child number 187. It is assigned the Roud number 82.[1]
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The rescue it depicts is recorded solely in popular tradition, although Jock of the Side himself appears to have existed. [according to whom?]