Recordings & Info 294. Dugall Quin
[There are no recordings listed in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3928: Dugall Quin (4 Listings)
Alternate Titles
Lizzie Lindsay
Lizzie Menzies
Donald M'Queen's Flight wi' Lizie Menzie
Traditional Ballad Index: Dugall Quin [Child 294]
DESCRIPTION: Dugall Quin comes to court Lissie. He asks her if she would love him if he were poor (she would). She asks if he would like her if she were rich (he would). Despite her parents' opposition (since they think him poor), she goes with him and is well-off.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: before 1890 (Buchan, Child)
KEYWORDS: courting poverty money
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (2 citations)
Child 294, "Dugall Quin" (1 text)
GreigDuncan6 1267, "Lizzie Menzies" (2 texts)
Roud #3928
CROSS_REFERENCES:
cf. "Lizie Lindsay" [Child 226]
ALTERNATE_TITLES:
Lizzie Lindsay