Lady Alice
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Lady Alice is Child ballad 85. It may be a fragment of a longer ballad
that has not been preserved.
, and Fair Margaret and Sweet William
.
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
that has not been preserved.
Commentary
The entwined flowers appear also in Barbara Allen, Lord Thomas and Fair AnnetLord Thomas and Fair Annet
Lord Thomas and Fair Annet is an English folk ballad.-Synopsis:Lord Thomas is in love with Fair Annet, or Annie, or Elinor, but she has little property. He asks for advice. His father, mother, and brother advise that he should marry the nut-brown maid with a rich dowry...
, and Fair Margaret and Sweet William
Fair Margaret and Sweet William
"Fair Margaret and Sweet William" or Lady Margaret or Lady Margaret and Sweet William is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad number 74...
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External links
- George Collins American variant
- Earl Colvin American variant