Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
- Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane is Child ballad number 28. [Francis James Child, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads", [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch028.htm "Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane"] ]
Despite similarity in names, it appears to have no connection with "Tam Lin", nor with the tale of Childe Rowland, though they both have characters named Burd Ellen; indeed, Francis James Child was unable to connect this ballad with any other tradition or ballad. [Francis James Child, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads", v 1, p 256, Dover Publications, New York 1965]
The ballad is quite probably fragmentary in its current form.
ynopsis
Burd Ellen is weeping. Young Tamlane tells her to rock her son. She tells him to rock the child himself, she has done more than her share. Instead, he goes to sea, with her curse.
References
External links
* [http://www.tam-lin.org/tales/tamlin8.html "Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane"] with commentary
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