From the Tam Lin Balladry Tumblr HERE:
man, ballad tropes are fun
- Anything that begins “as I was a-walking” is probably not going to end well, which is at least a good two-thirds of the ones I know
- If you’re going to drown somebody, for God’s sake weigh the body down with rocks or something so nobody comes along and MAKES A F-ING HARP OUT OF IT ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS because that harp is going to drop the dime on you so fast
- The Queen of the Fairies has a hoarding problem
I am STILL laughing.