Gipsy Countess, The

DESCRIPTION: "There came an Earl a-riding by, A gipsy maid espyed he," and asks her to come with him, but she prefers the greenwood. He lists all the good things civilization brings. Finally she gives in and marries him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: beauty love courting Gypsy nobility
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #50 Part I, "The Gipsy Countess" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #87}
Roud #6910
NOTES [61 words]: Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd seems to think that this is either a preface to, or an English version of, "The Gypsy Laddie" [Child 200], with which it is included. I am quite sure they are not related, and frankly doubt that this is traditional at all. Bronson puts it in an appendix to "The Gypsy Laddie," which is perhaps a reasonable compromise. - RBW
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