Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick

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Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick or Burd Bell (Child ballad # 257; Roud # 107) is a traditional folk song framed with explicit warnings about loving above your station.

Synopsis[]

Burd Isabel, a servant, becomes pregnant. When she bears a son, Earl Patrick, the boy's father, resolves to marry her, but is persuaded not to, by his family. Soon, he marries a duke's daughter. He resolves to bring his son to his home, but first he sends his aunt (or great-aunt) and then goes himself, to the same effect: Burd Isabel refuses to give her son up.

See also[]

• List of the Child Ballads

External links[]

• Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick

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