Death and the Lady

Title: Death and the Lady See all items with this value
list of contributors: A. L. Lloyd; Francis M. Collison; Ralph Vaughan Williams
Source: The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs; Vaughan Williams and English Folk Music
Date Created: 1946-01-01
Date Issued: 1959-01-01
Subject: Bargaining with Death See all items with this value; Death See all items with this value
Description: A maiden meets Death as she walks down the road and tries to offer him riches in return for a bit more time alive. Death refuses her offer and takes her away.
Format: folk ballad See all items with this value
Audience: All See all items with this value
Publisher: Penguin Books
Coverage: United Kingdom See all items with this value
is spatial projection of: Death
Identifier: DIM.1959
Rights: fair use