Tam Lin

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Tam Lin is a favourite ballad of mine. One of the most powerful parts of the ballad for me is when Tam Lin is changed into different forms and his loved one has to hang on tight while he becomes a variety of dangerous animals and objects.



Bigger version and excerpt from the ballad behind the cut:

"They'll turn me to a bear sae grim,
And then a lion bold,
But hold me fast, and fear me not,
And ye shall love your child."




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