Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
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Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane is Child ballad number 28. It appears to have no connection with Tam Lin and is quite probably fragmentary in its current form.
[edit] Synopsis
Burd Ellen is weeping. Young Tamlane tells her to rock her son. She tells him to rock the child himself, she has done more than her share. Instead, he goes to sea, with her curse.
[edit] External links
- Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
- Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane with commentary