The Beggar-Laddie

The Beggar-Laddie

The Beggar-Laddie is Child ballad 280, existing in several variants.

ynopsis

A man tells a woman that he is a beggar, making his living from spindles or similar items. She loves him and follows him. After a time, she finds it very hard, but then he takes her on to his father's hall, or sometimes his brother's. His brothers express envy of his bride, and she gains a husband of high birth.

ee also

*The Jolly Beggar
*Dugall Quin
*Lizie Lindsay
*Glasgow Peggie
*Bonny Lizie Baillie

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch280.htm "The Beggar-Laddie"]


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