The Gardener (ballad)

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see The Gardener.

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]

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library". www.vwml.org.
  2. ^ "Proud Maisrie / The Gardener / The Gardener Child (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840)". mainlynorfolk.info.
  3. ^ 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]


Stub icon

This folk song–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Gardener_(ballad)&oldid=1144543413"