Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - Brief Description by George Lyman Kittredge

101. Willie o Douglas Dale

A was among the fifteen ballads furnished by Mrs. Brown to William Tytler in 1783. The first part of the story of this ballad, or down to the birth of the hoy, is repeated in No. 102. This portion of the ballad also has resemblances to 'Leesome Brand' (No. 15).

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