This is a serious enquiry, resulting from a very good question which was asked at a recent ballad forum at Lewes Arms. There are traditional ballads about all sorts of subjects which at some time in history might have been regarded as "taboo"   Ballads tell of incest, murder of the most gruesome kind, infanticide etc. However, we could not think of any ballads which deal with same sex relationships.

Does anyone know any? If so, what and where are they? If not, I'd be interested in any suggestions as to why there should be this gap...

Looking forward to some interesting discussion.

Saro