Handsome John

DESCRIPTION: "A lady lived near Portland square, She keep a waiting maid so fair Who loved the footman as her life Expecting for to be his wife." The lady loves the footman and beats the maid. The maid runs away and the lady marries handsome John
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland)
KEYWORDS: infidelity love marriage promise injury
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 38, "Handsome John" (1 text)
Roud #6363
NOTES [13 words]: Why do I have this feeling the marriage turned out to be not very happy? - RBW
File: GrMa038

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