“Will Ray”
Description
"Oh Papa, dear Papa, please tell to me Just what you think of Will Ray." The father tells the girl to marry banker John Burns instead of poor Will. The daughter points out that Burns has just gone bankrupt and Ray become rich; the father relents
Notes
This looks to me very much like an elaboration of "Billy Grimes the Rover." But the plot about John Burns is not normal to that piece, so I have tentatively separated them. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Billy Grimes the Rover" (plot)
- cf. "Peggy in the Morning" (plot)
References
- Hudson 135, pp. 281-282, "Will Ray" (1 text)
- Roud #4317
- BI, Hud135