Rise Up Singing
Ballads & Old Songs
p. 15
First Line: 
The king has been held a prisoner

Reference

Genre: 
traditional English
Child Ballad
Topic: 
love
Culture: 
England

About the Song

This moving ballad is Child Ballad #100.

There many variants of this ballad. One particularly noteworthy one is John Barbury as recorded by Kate Rusby.

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