Recordings & Info 109. Tom Potts
[There are no known recordings of Tom Potts]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGE: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 66: Tom Potts (6 Listings)
Alternative Titles
All you lords of Scotland fair
Thomas of Potte
The Lover's Quarrel
Traditional Ballad Index: Tom Potts [Child 109]
DESCRIPTION: A high-born lady loves Tom Potts, a serving man. She refuses Lord Phoenix's offer of marriage but her father overrides her. She sends word to Tom, who, aided by his master, challenges Phoenix. After several forms of contest he wins her.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1657 (broadside)
KEYWORDS: nobility servant courting contest father
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Child 109, "Tom Potts" (3 texts)
BBI, ZN3263, "All you lords of Scotland fair"
Roud #66