The Battle of Otterburn (ballad)
- The Battle of Otterburn (ballad)
"The Battle of Otterburn" (or "Otterbourne") is a Scottish ballad.
It appears in the border minstrelsy collected by Sir Walter Scott and the Child Ballads.
It is an account of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. This battle also inspired "The Ballad of Chevy Chase", and English version, but the Scottish version is more historically accurate.
Walter Scott is reputed to have muttered its words "My wound is deep I am fain to sleep" shortly before he died. [John Prebble "The Lion in the North"]
External links
* [http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/scottish/itfellab.htm a version of the ballad]
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