Recordings & Info 253. Thomas o Yonderdale
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
3) Child Collection Index
4) Notes from Buchan's Ancient ballads and songs of the north of Scotland
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3890: Thomas o Yonderdale (4 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Thomas o' Yonderdale
Traditional Ballad Index: Thomas o Yonderdale [Child 253]
DESCRIPTION: Thomas gets Lady Maisry pregnant and, hearing her lamenting, promises to marry her. He goes to sea and courts another woman, but a dream causes him to summon Maisry to be wed. Both prospective brides show up; he sends the other girl away
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE:
KEYWORDS: love courting pregnancy separation dream reunion marriage
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES: (2 citations)
Child 253, "Thomas o Yonderdale" (1 text)
Bronson 253, "Thomas o Yonderdale" (2 versions)
Roud #3890
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Young Beichan" [Child 53]
cf. "Fair Annie" [Child 62]
cf. "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet" [Child 73]
NOTES: Child comments, "This looks like a recent piece, fabricated, with a certain amount of cheap mortar, from recollections of 'Fair Annie,' No 62, 'Lord Thomas and Fair Annet,' No 73, and 'Young Beichan,' No 53." I'd say that pretty well sums it up. - RBW
Child Collection- Child Ballad 253: Thomas o Yonderdale
Child --Artist --Title --Album --Year --Length --Have
253 Steve Turner Thomas of Yonderdale Rim of the Wheel 2012 No
Notes from: Ancient ballads and songs of the north of Scotland: hitherto..., Volume 1
By Peter Buchan
THOMAS O' YONDERDALE. Page 216.
This beautiful ballad I do not recollect of having seen anywhere else. Thomas makes love to Lady Maisry, and gains what had been often attempted in vain by many rich and noble suitors, the heart of the young lady. He had, however, no sooner deprived her of her innocence, than he left her and her helpless off-spring, in a hopeless and forlorn condition. He went to England ; continued in that country for some time, and wooed another bride for to bring home, but was chid for his inconstancy by Lady Maisry, who stood by his bed-side one night in a dream. This pricked him to the heart, and caused him return with all the haste he may, to the land which he had left, and marry the first object of his love, and leave his English betrothed bride to go maiden home.