Near the Town of Taunton Dean

DESCRIPTION: "Near the town of Taunton Dean, Upon a pleasant green, There lives the miller's daughter fair, Her age is sweet sixteen." The singer praises her beauty and hopes to win her
AUTHOR: unknown (most of Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime's words are by John Oxenford)
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime)
KEYWORDS: beauty love courting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, p. 746, "Near the Town of Taunton Dean" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22227
File: CPMNTTD

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