Willie o Douglas Dale

Willie o Couglas Dale or Willie O Douglas Dale is Child ballad 101.

Synopsis

Willie goes to court, and he and a lady fall in love. When she is pregnant, they flee, but she goes in labor on the way, and gives birth to a son. They go on with the child and reach his father's lands.

Motifs

This ballad contains elements from "Willie and the Earl Richard's Daughter" and to a lesser extent " Leesome Brand".Francis James Child, ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads'', v 2, p 406, Dover Publications, New York 1965

References

Child Ballads
Year of song unknown
Songwriter unknown

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