Furze Bloom

DESCRIPTION: "There's not a could sailing by That does not hold a shower; There's not a furze-bush on the moor, That does not put forth flower," and when it is "out of flower, then love is out of tune." All the lads love pretty lasses, in all seasons
AUTHOR: Words: Sabine Baring-Gould)
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love flowers
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #56, "Furze Bloom" (1 text, 1 tune, the words being non-traditional)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Gosport Beach (The Undutiful Daughter)" (tune)
NOTES [39 words]: The tune Baring-Gould used for this is "Gosport Beach (The Undutiful Daughter)," Roud #1038, which Baring-Gould thought unsuitable for print but at least has the advantage of not being yet another instance of Baring-Gould garbage. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.7
File: BGSW056

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography