Fair Annie (Roud 42, Child 62) is a traditional folk ballad, existing in several variants.
In them, the hero is a man who has newly become king, after the death of his father; his long-term mistress, Anna or Anneck, tries to get him to make her his wife, and the queen mother supports her.
Le Fresne has a twin, which was regarded as proof of adultery, and a servant abandons her to save her life.
Le Fresne eventually becomes the childless concubine of a lord, whose vassals force him to take a legitimate wife to produce heirs.
[3] In some variants of Hind Etin, the captive mother expresses her grief in hostility to her children in the same language as this ballad.