The Bonny Lass of Anglesey

The Bonny Lass of Anglesey

The Bonny Lass of Anglesey is Child ballad 220. [Francis James Child, "English and Scottish Ballads", [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch220.htm "The Bonny Lass of Anglesey"] ]

ynopsis

Fifteen English lords come to the king "To dance and win the victory." He gets the bonny lass to dance with them, offering her lands and either the fairest knight (of her choice), or the bravest, in his court. She wins. The fifteenth lord laid aside his sword but still had to admit defeat -- in one variant, for exhaustion.

Commentary

The significiance of this dancing competition and the "victory" won is unclear.

Francis James Child classified it among the "historical" ballads.

Adaptions

Delia Sherman reworked this ballad in her short story, "The Fiddler of Bayou Teche". ["2007 Nebula Award Nominees", "The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America" Spring 2008 p 44]

References


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