The Gardener (ballad)
The Gardener is Child ballad 219 (Roud 339);[1] also called "Proud Maisrie" or "The Gardener Child",[2][3] the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.
Synopsis
[edit]A gardener woos a lady, proposing to dress her in various flowers. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other wintry weather.
References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library". www.vwml.org.
- ^ "Proud Maisrie / The Gardener / The Gardener Child (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840)". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ Sedley, Stephen; Carthy, Martin (September 16, 2021). Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781789145021 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- The Gardener
- The Gardener, in Kinloch, 'Ancient Scottish Ballads', 1827
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