Diverting Show, The

DESCRIPTION: A weaver's apprentice falls in love with a girl he sees at a show. The next day he meets her employer. She takes him to her maid who refuses the weaver's advances because he is an apprentice. But she would marry him "when ye win free" He is delighted.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting love weaving apprentice servant
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #170, p. 1, "The Apprentice" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan4 886, "The Diverting Show" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6230
File: GrD4886

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