The Battle of Otterbourne; Together with the Old Ballad of Lady Anne.

The old ballad of Lady Anne

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1840-1850 ? per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

8 pages

16 cm

75 printed at bottom of title-page

Woodcut #28: Illustration on title-page of a soldier with his face turned to right, sitting on a chair and holding a sword

ballads & songs

A song describing the battle between the Earl of Douglas and Lord Percy that took place when Douglas decided to raid across the border into Northumberland. It appears to be a modernization of a much earlier ballad. Both sides appear to fight gallantly, but the Scots take the day by slaying Englishman and taking Percy captive; however, Douglas is slain in the course of the battle. The second song is somewhat of a ghost story, wherein the Lady Anne meets with three children in the woods, and upon wishing one of them was her own, discovers that one indeed had been before he was murdered by his nurse.

War

Otterburn, Battle of, Otterburn, England, 1388

Percy, Henry, Lord, 1364-1403

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario

University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

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