Dugall Quin (
Roud
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud. Roud's Index is a combination of the Broadsid ...
3928,
Child
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294) is a traditional English-language folk ballad.
Synopsis
Dugall Quin woos Lisie Meanes, asking her how she likes him in his ragged dress; she answers that she likes him and asks how he likes her in her fine clothing; he likes her and asks her to come with him. Her father asks her not to go. She defies him. Dugall tells her that if he comes with him, he will make her a lady. She goes, and he marries her.
See also
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List of the Child Ballads
is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published in ten volumes between 1882 and 1898 under the title ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.''
The ba ...
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Lizie Lindsay
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The Beggar-Laddie
The Beggar-Laddie is a traditional English ballad that exists in several variants. It was collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad 280 (Roud 119Sehere).
Synopsis
A man tells a woman that he is a beggar, making his living from spindles or ...
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Glasgow Peggie
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Bonny Lizie Baillie
External links
''Dugall Quin''
Child Ballads
Songs with unknown songwriters
Year of song unknown
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