The birds carry the daughter away From the Ballad ' The Earl of Mar's Daughter ' that appeared in the book ' Some British ballads ' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Publisher New York : Dodd, Mead 1919 The Earl of Mar's daughter saw a lovely bird, and promised it a golden cage if it would come to her. It did, and that night transformed into a prince in her bedroom. His mother had transformed him to that form. They lived together; she bore seven sons, but the prince carried them safe to his mother. A wooer came for the daughter, and she said she did not want to marry but to live with her bird. H
The birds carry the daughter away From the Ballad ' The Earl of Mar's Daughter ' that appeared in the book ' Some British ballads ' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Publisher New York : Dodd, Mead 1919 The Earl of Mar's daughter saw a lovely bird, and promised it a golden cage if it would come to her. It did, and that night transformed into a prince in her bedroom. His mother had transformed him to that form. They lived together; she bore seven sons, but the prince carried them safe to his mother. A wooer came for the daughter, and she said she did not want to marry but to live with her bird. Her father swore to wring its neck, and the prince fled. He got his mother to transform many of his men, his sons, and himself to larger birds, and they attacked the wedding party and bore away the bride.
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Location: Great Britain
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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