Recordings & Info 257. Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick
[There are no recordings in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 107: Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick (7 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Earl Patrick
Burd Bell
Burd Ellen and Earl Patrick
Traditional Ballad Index: Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick [Child 257]
DESCRIPTION: Patrick promises to marry Isabel if the child she bears is a son. He delays until his parents died, then delays further and prepares to noblewoman. (His wife) wishes to see his son; Isabell will not give him up, and curses Patrick. The curse takes effect
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: c. 1818 (GlenbuchatBallads)
KEYWORDS: nobility wedding pregnancy baby lie curse
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (4 citations)
Child 257, "Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick" (3 texts)
Bronson 257, "Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick" (1 version)
GlenbuchatBallads, pp. 160-164, "Earl Patrick" (1 text)
Leach, pp. 626-629, "Burd Ellen and Earl Patrick" (1 text)
Roud #107