The Battle of Otterburn (ballad)
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The Battle of Otterburn (ballad)
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"The Battle of Otterburn" is a Scottish ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 161, Roud 3293. It is an account of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. This battle also inspired "The Ballad of Chevy Chase", an English version, but the Scottish version is more historically accurate. The lead verse of the ballad is: It fell about the Lammas tide,
When the muir-men win their hay,
The doughty Earl of Douglas rode
Into England, to catch a prey. James, 2nd Earl of Douglas, who led the
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Scottish child ballad
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2022-05-06T12:15:14Z
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