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Recordings and Info 254. Lord William, or, Lord Lundy

[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection Index.]

CONTENTS:

 1) Alternative Titles
 2) Traditional Ballad Index

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  1) Roud No. 106: Lord William, or, Lord Lundy (6 Listings)

Alternative Titles

Lord William
Sweet William

Traditional Ballad Index: Lord William, or, Lord Lundy [Child 254]

NAME: Lord William, or, Lord Lundy [Child 254]
DESCRIPTION: (Lord William) and the bailiff's daughter fall in love (while studying abroad). Her father calls her home to marry a nobleman. She sends a message by bird to Willie. Willie arrives at the wedding, forcing the groom aside and marrying the girl himself
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1845 (Dixon)
KEYWORDS: love marriage nobility wedding violence father
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (4 citations)
Child 254, "Lord William, or, Lord Lundy" (3 texts)
Bronson 254, "Lord William, or, Lord Lundy" (1 version)
Dixon IX, pp. 57-59, "Lord William" (1 text)
Leach, pp. 621-623, "Lord William, or, Lord Lundy" (1 text)
 Roud #106
 

From: Two English Ballads and their Greek Counterparts

With "Catharine Jaffray" (Child 221C) and "Lord William or Lord Lundy" (Child 254A), particularly in stanzas 9-11 of the former and generally in the latter, may be compared the famous Greek ballad "The Abduction of Akritas' Wife" (i arpayi tis yinekos tu Akrita).