Mary Acklin (The Squire's Young Daughter) [Laws M16]

DESCRIPTION: The father of a girl secretly sees her giving a ring to her sweetheart. He confines the girl and arrests the singer for robbery. The girl pleads for her lover and, rather than being transported, he is freed. The two marry and settle down
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Gray-SongsAndBalladsOfTheMaineLumberjacks)
KEYWORDS: ring robbery prison reprieve marriage love
FOUND IN: US(NE) Canada(Mar,Newf) Ireland
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Laws M16, "Mary Acklin (The Squire's Young Daughter)"
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 93, "The Squire's Young Daughter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Gray-SongsAndBalladsOfTheMaineLumberjacks, pp. 82-84, "Mary Aclon" (1 text)
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H30b, pp. 437-438, "Young Mary of Accland (a)"; H721, p. 438, "Young Mary of Accland (b)" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Hayward-UlsterSongsAndBalladsOfTheTownAndCountry, pp. 110-111, "Mary Acklin" (1 text)
Mackenzie-BalladsAndSeaSongsFromNovaScotia 40, "Mary Riley" (1 text)
DT 581, MARYRILY
Roud #540
RECORDINGS:
Leonard Molloy, "Mary Ecklan" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "William (Willie) Riley (Riley's Trial)" [Laws M10] (plot)
cf. "Down By Yon Shady Harbor" (plot, words)
cf. "Lady Elspat" [Child 247] (plot)
cf. "The Footboy" (plot)
File: LM16

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