Willie o Douglas Dale

Willie o Douglas Dale
Genre	Folk
Form	Ballad
Language	English
Composed	Somewhere between in the 17th and 18th century

Willie o Couglas Dale or Willie O Douglas Dale (Roud 65, Child 101) is a traditional English-language folk song.[1]

Synopsis

Willie goes to court, and he and a lady fall in love. When she is pregnant, they flee, but she goes in labor on the way, and gives birth to a son. They go on with the child and reach his father's lands.

Motifs

This ballad contains elements from "Willie and the Earl Richard's Daughter" and to a lesser extent "Leesome Brand".[2]

References

1. Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Willie o Couglas Dale"
2. Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 406, Dover Publications, New York 1965