Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Ballad | |
|---|---|
| Child | 102 |
| Title | Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter |
| Versions | 3 |
| Variants | 3 |
| Stanzas | 28 |
| Date | 1800 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.
Editions
Scholarly and literary collections
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Cambridge, 1865), pp. 81-84; title: 'The Birth of Robin Hood'.
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads (New York, 1886), pp. 81-84; title: 'The Birth of Robin Hood'.
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Golden Treasury Series) (London; New York, 1898), pp. 81-84; title: 'The Birth of Robin Hood'.
- Child, Francis James, ed.; [Kittredge, G. L.], ed.; [Ireland, Catharine Innes], bibl. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Boston and New York; Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, ©1882-98), vol. II, pp. 412-15. Additions and corrections: vol. III, p. 518.
Translations
German
- Grün, Anastasius, transl. Robin Hood. Ein Balladenkranz nach Altenglischen Volksliedern (Stuttgart, 1864), pp. 57-60: "Robin Hoods Geburt"; notes, p. 207.
- Grün, Anastasius, transl.; Frankl, Ludwig August, ed. Anastasius Grüns Gesammelte Werke (Berlin, 1877), pp. 207-10: "Robin Hoods Geburt".
Brief mention
- Görbing, F. 'Beispiele von Realisierten Mythen in den Englischen und Schottischen Balladen', Anglia, vol. XXIII (1901), pp. 1-13; see p. 5: this ballad is connected with Hind Etin (Child 41); it is perhaps no coincidence that the outlaw Robin Hood, who shares so many of the features of a wood sprite, here has a father who resembles an elf.
- Moore, John Robert. 'Omission of the Central Action in English Ballads', Modern Philology, vol. XIII (1914), pp. 391-406; see p. 401: "Suspense of identity is used for a variety of purposes. [...] In "Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter" (102, A) the secret that the child is Robin Hood is withheld until the end; but in the Buchan version (102, B) the principal point of interest is exposed in the first stanza, with the infallible instinct of a peddler."