“Kate and Her Horns”
Description
Kate's intended husband suddenly jilts her for a rich girl. Kate obtains a cow's hide and horns, and meets her lover disguised as the devil. This "devil" threatens him if he does not return to Kate. He does; she reveals the truth as their child is born
Cross references
- cf. "The Jealous Husband Outwitted" (plot)
- cf. "Maurice Kelly" (gimmick)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Douce Ballads 3(15b), "Crafty Kate of Colchester" or "The False-Hearted Clothier Frighted into Good Manners" ("You that in merriment delight") [almost entirely illegible], J. White (Newcastle), 1711-1769
References
- Laws N22, "Kate and Her Horns"
- Belden, pp. 231-232, "Kate and her Horns" (1 text)
- FSCatskills 125, "Kate and Her Horns" (1 text, 1 tune)
- SharpAp 70, "The Clothier" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Gardner/Chickering 159, "Kate and the Cowhide" (2 texts plus mention of 1 more, 1 tune)
- Combs/Wilgus 101, pp. 137-138, "Kate and the Clothier" (1 text)
- Creighton/Senior, pp. 184-186, "Kate" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Mackenzie 132, "Kate and Her Horns" (1 text)
- BBI, ZN3130, "You that in merriment delight"
- DT 452, KATEHORN* KATEHRN2*
- Roud #555
- BI, LN22