Wounded in Love

DESCRIPTION: The singer is seventeen and in love with "a very pretty man." She would go to her father's house, or her pretty man's mothers house. Lines about a gardner warning about primroses on "yon roddy bush." "Farewell all fading flowers"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan6)
KEYWORDS: love flowers gardening nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan6 1181, "Wounded in Love" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #6805
NOTES [38 words]: The description follows Greig/Duncan6 1181a; Greig/Duncan6 1181b changes the sex of the singer and the "very pretty man" becomes bonny Jean, "a very pretty girl." The song seems inspired by a poorly remembered "Seeds of Love." - BS
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File: GrD61181

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