Red Rosey Bush

DESCRIPTION: "I wish I was a red rosey bush on thee banks of thee sea. Ever-ri time my true lover pased, He'd pick a rose off of me." "Wish I lived in a lonesome holler, where the sun..." "We have met and we had parted." "Wish I had a golden box to put my love in"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle)
KEYWORDS: floatingverses love nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, p. 62, "Red Rosey Bush" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7529
NOTES [21 words]: This is so massively composite that I couldn't even figure out where to file it. Ditto Steve Roud. So it gets it own entry. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.3
File: Boet062

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