Recordings & Info 230. The Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain
[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection Index. There are no known US or Canadian versions.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
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1) Roud No. 4020: Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain (1 Listings)
Alternate Titles
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Traditional Ballad Index: Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain, The [Child 230]
DESCRIPTION: Fragment: A fair lady is heard lamenting for her slain husband, "John Hately, the Laird of Mellerstain." She laments that her ladies were not men who could have stood by him as he was killed.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1828
KEYWORDS: death mourning murder
HISTORICAL_REFERENCES: Jan 3, 1603 - Murder of "Johne Haitlie of Millstanes" by "William Home hes guidfather."
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REFERENCES: (1 citation)
Child 230, "The Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain" (1 text)
Roud #4020