Bonny Bee Hom
Bonny Bee Hom is Child ballad 92.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
A lady laments that her love had left her. He, still there, comes to comfort her but tells her that he is sworn to leave. She gives him a ring: while he wears it, he will shed no blood, but if he sees the stone fade, he will know she is dead. He is departed for "twelve month and a day" before the stone fades. He gives all his goods as alms to his hometown, and dies, uniting with the lady's soul in heaven.
Motifs[edit]
The magic ring is found also in the ballad "Hind Horn".[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Bonny Bee Hom"
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 2, p 317, Dover Publications, New York 1965
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