Captain Wedderburn's Courtship

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 Child's 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)

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