The Gardener

The Gardener

The Gardener is Child ballad 219; the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.

ynopsis

A gardener wooes a lady, proposing to dress her in various flowers. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other wintry weather.

Versions

Broadside Electric included it on the 1999 album "With Teeth".

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch219.htm "The Gardener"]


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