Green, White, and Yellow

DESCRIPTION: "Green, white, and yellow, My mother got a fellow, The fellow died, My mother cried, Green, white, and yellow."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: colors mother courting death
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 51, "(Green, white, and yellow)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #38156
NOTES [36 words]: This looks as if it might be a combination of "One, Two, Three, Mother Caught a Flea" and "Red, White, and Blue (III)," but since the combination seems to be unique, Roud splits it, and I tentatively do the same. - RBW
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File: BAAI051A

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