Captain Wedderburn's Courtship

Versions of
Captain Wedderburn's Courtship

An Scottish ballad dating from 1785 or earlier. It is also known by the titles Lord Roslin's Daughter and The Laird of Rosslyn's Daughter.

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Versions of Captain Wedderburn's Courtship include:

"The Lovers' Riddle" (A nobleman's fair daughter rode down a narrow lane), broadside (c. 1850).
"Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads ed. by Francis James Child (1882-1898).
- Variant A (The laird of Bristoll's daughter was in the woods walking)
- Variant B (The Lord of Rosslyn's daughter gaed through the wud her lane)
- Variant C (The laird of Roslin's daughter walked thro the wood her lane)
The Cavalier's Choice, a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (It was a gallant cavalier / Of honour and renown)