“Colin and Lucy”
Description
"Of Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Bright Lucy was the grace.... Till luckless love, and pining care, Impair'd her rosy hue." A bell rings, a raven crows in the night; it tells of Colin's marriage to another. She dies; he dies when he learns
Notes
This, from all I can see, is just a cheap rewrite of the "Lady Margaret" theme. But Gardner and Chickering claim to have two copies from manuscript. So it's indexed, though I am far from confident of its traditional status. - RBW
References
- Percy/Wheatley III, pp. 312-315, "Lucy and Colin" (1 text)
- cf. Gardner/Chickering, p. 478, "Colin and Lucy" (source notes only)
- Roud #13919
- BI, GC478b