King Henry (song)
"King Henry" is Child ballad 32.
It is a version of the tale of the loathly lady. This form of the tale appears in Hrólfr Kraki's saga and also in the Scottish tale, The Daughter Of King Under-Waves. A similar bride is found in "The Marriage of Sir Gawain".
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Famous quotes containing the words king and/or henry:
“Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 2:2.
The Wise men.
“Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)