Laird o' Lauderdale, The

DESCRIPTION: "One night, they parting, lingered long together in the dell." The Lord of Lauderdale finds his son with a girl and shuts him away. She contrives his escape through a ball hidden in a bannock. They are married. The father relents
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
KEYWORDS: love nobility separation reunion trick father rescue
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster, pp. 205-206, "The Laird o' Lauderdale" (1 very fragmentary text, 1 tune)
Roud #4667
File: FlNG205

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