Brown Adam

Brown Adam (Roud 482, Child 98) is an English-language folk song.

[1] Brown Adam, a smith, is exiled from his family.

He returns home to find his lady with a knight—or king's son—trying to persuade her to leave Brown Adam.

She refuses many rich bribes; she will stay with Brown Adam.

When he starts to threaten her, Brown Adam makes himself known and maims him, cutting off his hand.