Brown Adam
Brown Adam is Child ballad 98.[1]
Synopsis
Brown Adam, a smith, is exiled from his family. He builds a house in the woods for himself and his lady. One day, he goes hunting. He returns home to find his lady with a knight—or king's son—trying to persuade her to leave Brown Adam. She refuses many rich bribes; she will stay with Brown Adam. When he starts to threaten her, Brown Adam makes himself known and maims him, cutting off his hand.
gollark: They do work. Just not very well. If you were in America, you could buy one.
gollark: Without better energy storage than we have available, they're just not very good.
gollark: What *is* with your obsession with railguns?
gollark: I have actually begun development of the smarter tic-tac-toe "AI".
gollark: Perhaps the characteristics of the medium cause changes to the sound. Different frequencies being louder/quieter than they should be, sort of thing.
References
- Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Brown Adam"
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