Earl Rothes is Child Ballad 297 and is listed as #4025 in the Roud Folk Song Index.[1][2] Child offers no comment on the ballad beyond its basic story, listing it among the final ballads in a five-volume work that covered 305 of the form.[3][4]

Synopsis

Lady Ann romantically pursues Earl Rothes, even though he is married. The lady's young brother, unhappy with her behavior, tries to get her to give up the adulterous affair by offering to pay her dowry and arrange a marriage with a marquis. She refuses and chooses to stay with the earl until their child is born. The brother threatens the earl and vows to thrust a sword through him as soon as he is old enough to carry a sword. The story ends with the earl leaving Lady Ann.[3][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Alphabetical index to Child Ballads
  2. 1 2 Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Earl Rothes". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. 1 2 Child, Francis James, ed. (1890). Earl Rothes. Vol. III Part 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. p. 170. Retrieved 2018-02-11. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Child, Francis James (1890). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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