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Ballad on the execution of a criminal
An execution ballad is a type of ballad that details the execution of a prisoner or criminal. They were a popular form of street literature from the 1500s
Execution_ballad
2018 Western film by the Coen brothers
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (titled on-screen as The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier) is a 2018 American Western black
The_Ballad_of_Buster_Scruggs
"The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" is an Irish execution ballad written in the Newgate cant. The song is in The Festival of Anacreon, with tune direction
The Night Before Larry Was Stretched
The_Night_Before_Larry_Was_Stretched
Fictional character from The Hunger Games
end of the Second Rebellion, which deposes him. In the prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), he is an ambitious, intelligent and charismatic
Coriolanus_Snow
English Army officer and politician
Armstrong's Farevvel: · Execution Ballads". omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 15 May 2025. "Attributed to Jan Luyken (1649-1712) - Execution of Thomas Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong (English politician)
Thomas_Armstrong_(English_politician)
Ballad
hear again that his execution will be luxurious. A London broadside from between 1601 and 1640 is the earliest version of the ballad, telling the story
Geordie_(ballad)
1897 poem by Oscar Wilde
"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from HM Prison Reading (Reading
The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol
History of the death penalty in the United Kingdom
hanged at Reading Gaol for the murder of his wife. The execution inspired Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol. 19 July 1899: Mary Ansell was hanged
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom
English nobleman and army officer (1565–1601)
Tipton, Alzada (2002). "The Transformation of the Earl of Essex: Post-Execution Ballads and "The Phoenix and the Turtle"". Studies in Philology. 99 (1): 57–80
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex
American convicted murderer (1883–1908)
before his execution, was addressed to Hazel Gillette. The diary and letters were published in December 2007, almost 100 years after the execution of Chester
Chester_Gillette
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
artistically successful, including Chapaev, The Cranes Are Flying, and Ballad of a Soldier. The 1960s and 1970s saw a greater variety of artistic styles
Russia
Display of humour using words
throughout Europe and North America. Along with reports of events, executions, ballads and verse, they also contained jokes. Only one of many broadsides
Joke
2021 studio album by Sturgill Simpson
The Ballad of Dood and Juanita is the seventh studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, released on August 20, 2021. Simpson
The Ballad of Dood and Juanita
The_Ballad_of_Dood_and_Juanita
Song by Shel Silverstein
in 2011 at Shelebration! A tribute to the works of Shel Silverstein Execution ballad "Inside Folk Songs - Shel Silverstein | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic"
25_Minutes_to_Go
Plot to free Royal family during French Revolution
Mystery Louis Xvii. Brill Archive. "La Mort de Marie-Antoinette · Execution Ballads". omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2023-12-27. 7a: This quote
Carnation_Plot
List of ballads collected by Francis James Child
The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published
List_of_the_Child_Ballads
Sixteenth-century ballad from Scotland
sixteenth-century ballad from Scotland based on an apparently fictional incident about a lady-in-waiting to a queen of Scotland. It is Child Ballad 173 and Roud
Mary_Hamilton
English executioner during the Elizabethan Era
Machine Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. "derrick". McIlvenna, Una (April 2022). Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900. v t e
Thomas_Derrick
Orchestration Song cycle Song types Answer song Art song Ballad Execution ballad Murder ballad Sentimental ballad Car song Children's song Campfire song Cumulative
Beethoven's compositional method
Beethoven's_compositional_method
2005 Indian film by Ketan Mehta
Mangal Pandey: The Rising (internationally known as The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey) is a 2005 Indian biographical historical drama film based on the
Mangal_Pandey:_The_Rising
Country in Southeastern Europe
modern Greek folk song is The Battle of Mount Olympus and Mount Kisavos, a ballad based on a musico-poetic motif dating back to classical Greece. The klephtic
Greece
English broadside ballad
this ballad blames the Covenanters for the eventual execution of Charles I as well as other evils done against Scotland." "English Broadside Ballad Archive"
The_Ballad_of_the_Cloak
Poem by Friedrich Schiller
"The Pledge" (German: "Die Bürgschaft", pronounced [diː ˈbʏʁkʃaft] ) is a ballad published by the German poet Friedrich Schiller in his 1799 Musen-Almanach
Die_Bürgschaft
English Catholic conspirator (1554–1584)
God to witness that it was drawn from him by the hope of pardon. An execution ballad called The Lamentation of Englande was published in London later in
Francis_Throckmorton
German serial killer (c. 1540–1581)
scar on his chin. A late ballad contains the circumstances under which Niers was discovered, leading to his arrest and execution. He arrived at Neumarkt
Peter_Niers
English Jacobite
of ballads, most notably 'Towneley's Ghost'. The 2007 children’s book How The Hangman Lost His Heart, although a work of fiction, uses the execution as
Francis_Towneley
2014 song composed by James Newton Howard
extended edition of the film's soundtrack. "The Hanging Tree" is a folk ballad that features orchestral strings and a choir. "The Hanging Tree" received
The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games song)
The_Hanging_Tree_(The_Hunger_Games_song)
American criminal and writer (1921–1960)
time the call was routed to the execution chamber, the execution had begun and could not be halted. During the execution Chessman vigorously nodded his
Caryl_Chessman
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940)
Deutscher highlights Trotsky's preference for exchanging hostages over execution, recounting General Pyotr Krasnov's release on parole in 1918, only for
Leon_Trotsky
The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads and folk songs. The songs are arranged by theme under the categories "Politics and soldiering" and "Non-political"
List_of_Irish_ballads
1601-2 event in the Anglo-Spanish war
celebrated as heroes. Mountjoy in particular was mentioned in popular ballads and poems - and was forefront in the subject of Richard Vennar's play England's
Fourth_Spanish_Armada
American filmmaker (born 1968)
documentaries for film and television, known for Indian Point and Heir to an Execution. She is the daughter of Michael Meeropol and Ann Karus Meeropol and granddaughter
Ivy_Meeropol
English executioner (died 1686)
occurred until 2 December 1678, when a broadside appeared called The Plotters Ballad, being Jack Ketch's incomparable Receipt for the Cure of Traytorous Recusants
Jack_Ketch
Live entombment usually until death
at the location of her execution, whose flowers were as white as her innocence and berries as red as her blood, inspired a ballad. Similar legends stem
Immurement
Poem by Rudyard Kipling
Kipling's early verse. The poem, a ballad, describes the execution of a British soldier in India for murder. His execution is viewed by his regiment, paraded
Danny_Deever
Public collegiate university in England
William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, whose joint work Lyrical Ballads is often cited as marking the beginning of the Romantic movement, later
University_of_Cambridge
1927 child murder in Los Angeles
California. In later decades, Parker's death was the subject of various murder ballads. Parker went missing on December 15, 1927, after she was dismissed from
Murder_of_Marion_Parker
Poem by Charles J. Guiteau
morning of his execution. He recited it during his last words. "I Am Going to the Lordy" was used as a base for the song "The Ballad of Guiteau" in the
I_Am_Going_to_the_Lordy
British trooper convicted of uxoricide
'Fools' Parade'. The execution of Wooldridge (known as "C.T.W" in the poem) had a profound effect on Wilde, inspiring the line in the ballad "yet each man kills
Charles_Thomas_Wooldridge
English musicians
to the words of one of the songs on the album, "Que Sera", about the execution during the First World War of the British nurse Edith Cavell. The album
O'Hooley_&_Tidow
U.S. state
murder of Lischia Edwards. Irregularities with the execution led to this becoming the last public execution in the United States. Kentucky has been on the
Kentucky
English aristocrat
The Wonderful Discovery. Una McIlvenna, Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900 (Oxford, 2022), pp. 209-10: See external links
Cecily Tufton Manners, Countess of Rutland
Cecily_Tufton_Manners,_Countess_of_Rutland
2021 American science fiction TV series
Foundation. Tómas Lemarquis as Magnifico Giganticus (season 3), a skilled balladeer and devotee of the Mule. Alfred Enoch as Raych Foss (season 1; guest season
Foundation_(TV_series)
1969 poetry book
Dream Сновидение 11. The Snapshot Снимок 12. In Paradise В раю 13. The Execution Расстрел 14. For Happiness the Lover Cannot Sleep От счастия влюбленному
Poems_and_Problems
American actor (born 1968)
Sahebjam in The Stoning of Soraya M., a drama set in 1986 Iran about the execution of a young mother. When asked about how his Catholic faith was affected
Jim_Caviezel
American murderer (1814/15–1833)
murder with many parallels. The 2000 film The Ballad of Frankie Silver and its re-release in 2010 as The Ballad of Frankie Silver:(Special Edition) DVD was
Frankie_Stewart_Silver
1928 German play with music
Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although
The_Threepenny_Opera
particularly local traditions such as the Border ballads, which include the particularly influential Ballad of Chevy Chase. British folk groups, such as Fairport
Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom
2017 novel by Daniel Kehlmann
forgiveness. Gottfried, kind-hearted balladeer who is not good at his trade. He is present at the trial and execution of Claus. Later he encounters Nele
Tyll_(novel)
2026 South Korean television series
service in December 2025. The song, which was described as a warm, refreshing ballad, was first previewed during the February 2026 production showcase. The collaboration
Boyfriend_on_Demand
2010 studio album by Grave Digger
power metal Label Napalm Producer Grave Digger Grave Digger chronology Ballads of a Hangman (2009) The Clans Will Rise Again (2010) Clash of the Gods
The_Clans_Will_Rise_Again
Capital and most populous city of Sweden
setting his poems to song; he is often considered the father of the Swedish ballad tradition. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries were also a good time
Stockholm
Poem by François Villon
The Ballade des pendus, literally "ballad of the hanged [men]", also known as Epitaphe Villon or Frères humains, is the best-known poem by François Villon
Ballade_des_pendus
2015 film by Francis Lawrence
Critics' Choice Awards. A prequel series began with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which was released in November 2023. After being
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
The_Hunger_Games:_Mockingjay_–_Part_2
1960 studio album by Woody Guthrie
Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti is a set of ballad songs, written and performed by Woody Guthrie, related to the trial, conviction and execution of Sacco and
Ballads_of_Sacco_&_Vanzetti
Folk song about assassination of Garfield
which Guiteau actually did write on the day of his execution. It is not to be confused with another ballad about the assassination, "Mr. Garfield," which
Charles_Guiteau_(song)
Major battle of the Texas Revolution
eastward toward the U.S. ahead of the advancing Mexican Army. Santa Anna's execution of surrendering soldiers during the battle inspired many Texians and Tejanos
Battle_of_the_Alamo
Heir and claimant to the French throne (1785–1795)
drink to excess and use foul language, to read inappropriate books or ballads, to swear oaths against God and use derogatory language towards his surviving
Louis_XVII
Archaic term for mounted robber who steals from travellers
broadsheet ballads about highwaymen; these were often written to be sold on the occasion of a famous robber's execution. A number of highwaymen ballads have
Highwayman
2009 film by Quentin Tarantino
them included on the CD. The opening theme is taken from the pseudo-folk ballad "The Green Leaves of Summer", which was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin and
Inglourious_Basterds
Scottish privateer (c. 1645–1701)
"Ballad of William Kidd" by the heavy metal band Running Wild is based on Kidd's life, particularly the events surrounding his trial and execution. Canadian
William_Kidd
2024 film by Todd Phillips
they seek in their relationships, with the former being drawn to romantic ballads and the latter preferring music about power. In July 2024, Lady Gaga commented
Joker:_Folie_à_Deux
Social class in late medieval/early modern England
Hundred Years' War, and the yeoman outlaws celebrated in the Robin Hood ballads. Yeomen joined the English Navy during the Hundred Years' War as seamen
Yeoman
Antagonist to Robin Hood
the earliest texts featuring Robin Hood, such as the fifteenth-century ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode. It is not known upon whom this character is based
Sheriff_of_Nottingham
Young adult book series by Suzanne Collins
initial trilogy, Collins published two prequels. The first, titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was released in May 2020 and takes place during
The_Hunger_Games
Member of the Irish Republican Army
1965 a statue was erected to Traynor in his native town of Tullow. The Ballad of Thomas Traynor was written in his memory. Traynor was one of a group
Thomas_Traynor
2004 American military scandal
approximately 50,000 men and women in poor conditions, and torture and execution were frequent. The prison was located on about 110 hectares (272 acres)
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
American actor (1937–2021)
series Kojak. The next year, he appeared in the television miniseries The Execution of Private Slovik and in the two-part episode of The Rockford Files, "Profit
Ned_Beatty
19th-century enslaved woman convicted of murder
2026-08-11. ""The Ballad of Jane Elkins," Texas slave woman hanged". People's World. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2026-08-11. "The Ballad of Jane Elkins". Anyika
Jane_Elkins
New Zealander convicted of infanticide (1844–1895)
last night before execution. In 2013, the New Zealand musician Marlon Williams wrote a song inspired by Minnie's case, entitled "Ballad of Minnie Dean"
Minnie_Dean
Italian tenor (born 1958)
essentially lovely tenor and knows his stuff when it comes to selling a pop ballad. And Decca's close miking of his puny voice inflates his sound to near-Franco
Andrea_Bocelli
his declamations against the papists, by writing and singing political ballads, and by inventing a weapon for self-defence at close quarters, which he
Stephen_College
2021 American animated TV series
of the characters are a reference to "Scarborough Fair", an English folk ballad made popular by Simon & Garfunkel. Another reviewer, Ethan Supovitz, also
High_Guardian_Spice
Welsh wrongfully executed man (1924–1950)
case against him, of committing the murders. Three years after Evans's execution, Christie was found to be a serial killer who had murdered several other
Timothy_Evans
Female pirate (died 1733)
members, were tried, sentenced, and executed, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed due to both of them claiming to be pregnant. Read died in jail
Anne_Bonny
Gifford's translation) and used by William Wordsworth as a subtitle for his ballad "Anecdote for Fathers". rex regum fidelum et king even of faithful kings
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
American animator, filmmaker, songwriter and actor (born 1969)
he wrote and recorded a comedy album, Immature: A Collection of Love Ballads For The '80's Man, with friend David Goodman. He was president of the Evergreen
Trey_Parker
Torture device used for capital punishment
known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe
Breaking_wheel
1859 novel by George Eliot
peacefully with his family. The importance of William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads to the way Adam Bede is written has often been noted. Like Wordsworth's
Adam_Bede
2001 studio album by Kid Rock
self-titled album. Cocky saw a shift in Kid Rock's sound, featuring more ballads, most notably "Picture", recorded as a duet with Sheryl Crow. The album
Cocky_(album)
hanging, in old Newgate cant; recorded by Frank Harte. Other Dublin execution ballads from this period include "The Kilmainham Minit", "Luke Caffrey's Ghost"
List_of_songs_about_Dublin
American actress and author (born 1955)
Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion feminist group and is quoted as saying, "Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary", "Life is sacred to me on all
Kate_Mulgrew
lose Maya's charm. The theme song for Maya and Mia, "Turnabout Sisters Ballad," was originally written to be cheerier, but once Mia's death was written
List of Ace Attorney characters
List_of_Ace_Attorney_characters
Collection of character sketches
Ballads. Hazlitt was introduced to Wordsworth by Coleridge, and both had a shaping influence on him, who was privileged to have read Lyrical Ballads in
The_Spirit_of_the_Age
director, traffic collision. Bahram Beyzai, 87, Iranian film director (Ballad of Tara, Bashu, the Little Stranger) and playwright (Memoirs of the Actor
Deaths_in_December_2025
Delannoy Drama, History, Romance. Pauline Bonaparte 1962 Soviet Union Hussar Ballad Гусарская баллада Eldar Ryazanov Comedy, Musical, War. Based on the play
List_of_Napoleonic_Wars_films
American murderer (1959–1998)
execution, Texas Governor George W. Bush refused the final 11th-hour appeal to block her execution. In Texas, the governor cannot stay the execution of
Karla_Faye_Tucker
Ulster loyalist gang
issued a statement claiming responsibility for what it termed Murphy's "execution": Lenny Murphy (master butcher) has been responsible for the horrific
Shankill_Butchers
2014 studio album by Porter Robinson
contrast to the typically higher tempos of EDM, much of Worlds is at a lower, ballad-like speed. Worlds opens with "Divinity", which contains vocals by Canadian
Worlds (Porter Robinson album)
Worlds_(Porter_Robinson_album)
Asian elephant that was hanged to death (1894–1916)
Writer Sharyn McCrumb referred to the hanging of Mary in a few of her Ballad novels. In She Walks These Hills, a radio DJ uses the example of "hanging
Mary_(elephant)
1981 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber
setting for an unpublished Eliot poem, "The Ballad of Billy M'Caw". For the original Broadway production, the Ballad was replaced with "In Una Tepida Notte"
Cats_(musical)
1987 single by Whitney Houston
by recalling past good times." Houston performed an early version of the ballad live throughout the duration of her debut headlining world tour. The Telegraph
Didn't_We_Almost_Have_It_All
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864–1916)
Dublin. Casement has been the subject of ballads, poetry, novels, and TV series since his death, including: The ballad "Lonely Banna Strand" tells the story
Roger_Casement
such as tango, the so-called "national rock", the Latin American romantic ballad, the cuarteto and the Colombian cumbia. The historical evolution was shaping
History of folkloric music in Argentina
History_of_folkloric_music_in_Argentina
1983 studio album by DeBarge
According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the album's material veers between "ballad and dance music, somewhere between soul and jazz." AllMusic's Jason Elias
In_a_Special_Way
2019 film directed by Tom Hooper
and urges her to sing her true feelings. Grizabella sings a passionate ballad about her mistakes, her former glory, and her beauty, sentiments that touch
Cats_(2019_film)
1971 song by Joan Baez and Ennio Morricone
who visited Vanzetti in prison in May 1927, three months before his execution. If it had not been for these things, I might have lived out my life talking
Here's_to_You_(song)
1845 narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe
addition to the title poem, it included "The Valley of Unrest", "Bridal Ballad", "The City in the Sea", "Eulalie", "The Conqueror Worm", "The Haunted Palace"
The_Raven
Irish physician, writer and politician (1878–1957)
Carens, pp. 10–21 Carens, pp. 7–8 O Lochlainn, Colm. More Irish Street Ballads. pp. 32–33. "The Lay of Oliver Gogarty". www.babelmatrix.org. Retrieved
Oliver_St._John_Gogarty
British scholarly organisation
Century (Routledge) 2023: Una McIlvenna, Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900 (Oxford University Press) 2024: Tabitha Stanmore
The_Folklore_Society
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