“Susannah Clargy”
Description
Susannah vows to be true to the widow's son; they break a ring as a token. Some months later she agrees to marry another man; she scorns the widow's son. He kills himself; that night his ghost comes to claim Susannah
Cross references
- cf. "A Gentleman of Exeter (The Perjured Maid)" [Laws P32] (plot)
- cf. "The Ghost's Bride" (plot)
- cf. "Alonzo the Brave and Fair Imogene" (plot)
- cf. "Skon Jungfrun Hon Gangar Sig Till Sogsta Berg (The Pretty Maid Climbs the Highest Mountain)" (plot)
References
- Laws P33, "Susannah Clargy"
- SharpAp 185, "Susannah Clargy" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BBI, ZN3179, "Young lovers most discrete and wise"
- DT 511, SUSCLRGY
- Roud #998
- BI, LP33