“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
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“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dowie Dens o Yarrow | 0 |
| “The Braes o Yarrow” | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish border ballad
ⓘ
folk song ⓘ traditional ballad ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Yarrow Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterRole |
her lover
ⓘ
young woman ⓘ |
| centralConflict | lover killed in combat ⓘ |
| ChildBalladNumber | 214 ⓘ |
| collectedBy | Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Child Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Scottish border reiving tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
border ballad
ⓘ
murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clan or family loyalty
ⓘ
fatal duel or fight ⓘ female grief ⓘ honor and reputation ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
The Braes o Yarrow
NERFINISHED
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The Dens of Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowie Dens o Yarrowe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowie Dens of Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dowy Dens o Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInWork | The English and Scottish Popular Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Scottish folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| motif |
discovery of lover’s body
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family opposition to love match ⓘ lament over dead lover ⓘ multiple assailants against one man ⓘ prophetic dream or foreboding ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
love ⓘ murder ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| performedIn | traditional folk music sessions ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | traditional, pre-18th century ⓘ |
| RoudFolkSongIndexNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Yarrow valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalMeter | ballad meter ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“The Braes o Yarrow”