“Willie o Douglas Dale”

Description

Willie goes to serve at the English court. He loves and impregnates the king's daughter, Dame Oliphant. They leave the court; the child is born in the woods, They recruit a shepherdess and sail to Douglas Dale where he is lord and she now lady.

Cross references

• cf. "Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter" [Child 102] (plot)

References

1. Child 101, "Willie o Douglas Dale" (4 texts)
2. Bronson 101, "Willie o Douglas Dale" (2 versions)
3. BarryEckstormSmyth p. 454, "Willie o Douglas Dale" (notes only)
4. Leach, pp. 310-313, "Willie o Douglas Dale" (1 text)
5. DBuchan 20, "Willie o Douglas Dale" (1 text, 1 tune in appendix) {Bronson's #1}
6. DT 101, WILDOUG
7. Roud #65
8. BI, C101