The Wylie Wife of the Hie
Toun Hie is
Child ballad 290, existing in several variants, some of them fragmentary.
Synopsis
A man expresses an interest in a woman. The hostler's wife lures her to him with an offer of fine wine. After he has his will of her, she demands his name. He may be an earl's son, an earl's younger (and landless) son, or a highland squire.
The variants diverge widely about the next event: the earl's son, two years later, sees the beautiful daughter she bore him; in both variants with the earl's younger son, he receives a commission; the highland squire sends for her (without explaining why he left her). But whichever event occurs, it results in the man marrying her.
See also
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List of the Child Ballads
The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child
Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 – September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, ...
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The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter
"The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter" is an English ballad, collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad 110 and listed as number 67 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Synopsis
A knight persuades a shepherd's daughter to give him her virgini ...
External links
''The Wylie Wife of the Hie Toun Hie''
Child Ballads
Year of song unknown
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