Recordings & Info 305. The Outlaw Murray
[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. 3296: The Outlaw Murray (10 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Sang of the Outlaw Murray
Traditional Ballad Index: Outlaw Murray, The [Child 305]
DESCRIPTION: The King of Scotland demands that the outlaw pay him homage for his holdings in Ettrick Forest. Murray refuses; he won the land by his own valor. The King calls up his forces to attack Murray. A compromise is reached; Murray becomes sheriff of Ettrick
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1791 (Glenriddell mss.)
KEYWORDS: outlaw royalty bargaining reprieve
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (2 citations)
Child 305, "The Outlaw Murray" (3 texts)
OBB 84, "The Outlaw Murray" (1 text)
Roud #3296
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Captain Ward and the Rainbow" [Child 287] (theme)