Clown's Courtship, The

DESCRIPTION: "Quoth John to Joan, wilt thou have me?" He promises cow, calf, house, rents, "Oh, say, Joan, will not that do? I cannot come every day to woo." He gives other reasons to accept him. Her answer is not recorded
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Chappell/Wooldridge-OldEnglishPopularMusic), from manuscripts several centuries older
KEYWORDS: love courting farming money home
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 87-87, "Wolsey's Wild" (1 text, 1 tune)
Chappell/Wooldridge-OldEnglishPopularMusic, pp. 267-268, "Wolsey's Wild" (1 tune)
Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland, p. 375, "The Clown's Courtship" (1 text)
ST BeCo374B (Partial)
Roud #1596
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Hae Layen Three Herrings a Sa't (I Cannot Come Every Day to Woo)" (subject)
File: BeCo374B

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