“Lady Elspat”
Description
Lady Elspat and Sweet William plan a tryst, but Elspat's brother's page reports to her mother. The mother takes the boy to court on a charge of robbery. The judge concludes that his only crime is being relatively poor, and frees William to wed Elspat
Cross references
- cf. "William (Willie) Riley (Riley's Trial)" [Laws M10] (plot)
- cf. "Mary Acklin (The Squire's Young Daughter)" [Laws M16] (plot)
References
- Child 247, "Lady Elspat" (1 text, 2 tunes, but Bronson says the tunes are not proper to the text)
- Bronson 247, "Lady Elspat" (2 versions)
- OBB 86, "Lady Elspat" (1 text)
- Roud #4023
- BI, C247