Rose Blanche, La (The White Rose)

DESCRIPTION: French: "Par un matin je me suis leve (x2), Plus mantin que ma tante (x2)." The singer enters a garden and is picking white roses when her lover approaches. She falls and "breaks her ankle." The "doctor" tells her to bathe it in water and white roses
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960
KEYWORDS: love flowers courting injury foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fowke/Mills/Blume-CanadasStoryInSong, pp. 118-119, "La Rose Blanche" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: FMB118

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