Recordings & Info 262. Lord Livingstone
[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection Index. There are no known US or Canadian traditional versions of this ballad.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3909: Lord Livingstone (4 Listings)
Alternative Titles
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Traditional Ballad Index: Lord Livingston [Child 262]
DESCRIPTION: Livingston and Seaton both desire the favors of a lady. The lady weds Livingston for her own reasons. Seaton demands a duel. The lady offers to fight him, but Livingston claims it is his right. He is killed. The lady dies of sorrow after seven years
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1878
KEYWORDS: courting love fight death grief mourning marriage
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (1 citation)
Child 262, "Lord Livingston" (1 text)
Roud #3909