title: The Bonny Hind
text: # The Bonny Hind
  
  "The Bonny Hind" is Child ballad number 50 (Roud 205).
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  A squire persuades a maiden to lie with him. Afterward, she asks his name, and he reveals that he is a lord's son. She calls him a liar: she is that lord's daughter. The horror-struck son reveals that he was long at sea. She stabs herself to death, and he buries her. He goes home and grieves for a "bonny hind" whatever his father can do to distract him.
  
  ## Variants
  
  Other ballads on this theme include "Sheath and Knife", "The King's Dochter Lady Jean", and "Lizie Wan".
  
  