Recordings & Info 270. The Earl of Mar's Daughter
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3879: (5 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Unknown
Traditional Ballad Index: Earl of Mar's Daughter, The [Child 270]
DESCRIPTION: The earl's daughter brings home a dove, who at night turns into a man and begets seven sons by her. When a man woos the earl's daughter, the earl decides to kill the bird and have her marry. The bird returns with an avian army and reclaims his love
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1828 (Buchan)
KEYWORDS: love courting bird childbirth father marriage rescue
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (6 citations)
Child 270, "The Earl of Mar's Daughter" (1 text)
Bronson 270, "The Earl of Mar's Daughter" (1 version)
Leach, pp. 641-645, "The Earl of Mar's Daughter" (1 text)
OBB 25, "Earl Mar's Daughter" (1 text)
DT, MARDAUGH
ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #324, "The Earl of Mar's Daughter" (1 text)
Roud #3879
Child Ballad 270: The Earl of Mar’s Daughter
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
270 Lisa Theriot The Earl of Mar's Daughter The Keys of Canterbury 2009 No
270 Phil & Philippa Lyons The Earl of Mar's Daughter Residents' Night Out 1977 4:51 Yes
270 Phil & Philippa Lyons Earl Mar's Daughter Big Cats [?] 1977 5:46 Yes