“The Duke of Athole's Nurse”
Description
The Duke's (?) new leman bids his nurse (and former leman) bring her love a message. The nurse gathers her (seven) brothers to kill him instead. He asks the tavern's landlady to hide him; she disguises him as a baking maid. The brothers fail to kill him
Notes
The opening of this song is a bit confused. Whose love is the new leman? The Duke's? The nurse's former love? Someone else's? It hardly affects the plot, but the pronouns are confusing. - RBW
References
- Child 212, "The Duke of Athole's Nurse" (6 texts)
- Bronson 212, "The Duke of Athole's Nurse" (9 versions)
- Leach, pp. 566-568, "The Duke of Athole's Nurse" (1 text)
- DT 212, DUKATHOL*
- Roud #3393
- BI, C212