Recordings & Info 234. Charlie MacPherson
[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection. There are no US or Canadian versions.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3881: (5 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Charlie M'Pherson
Traditional Ballad Index: Charlie MacPherson [Child 234]
DESCRIPTION: MacPherson comes to (Kinaldie) to wed Helen. Arriving, he is told that she has gone to wed at Whitehouse. MacPherson sets out for Whitehouse, but finding her apparently truly married, he wishes her well.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1800
KEYWORDS: courting marriage separation
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (1 citation)
Child 234, "Charlie MacPherson" (2 texts)
Roud #3881
NOTES: This ballad is lost except for the two fragments in Child, and leaves many questions. Throughout the ballad, one expects MacPherson to abduct the girl (as in "Katherine Jaffray"); why else go to all that effort? Yet there is no indication of this happening; all ends quietly. If we had a truly complete text, it might be much more interesting. - RBW