“The Bonny Birdy”

Description

A bird tells a knight that his wife is unfaithful. The two speed to his home, to find his wife in the arms of another man. He slays the intruder.

Cross references

• cf. "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" [Child 81] (plot)

References

1. Child 82, "The Bonny Birdy" (1 text)
2. Niles 35, "The Bonny Birdy" (1 text, 1 tune -- another instance where it is left to the reader to decide if Niles's version could possibly be legitimate)
3. Roud #3972
4. BI, C082