Humble Village Maid Going a-Milking, The

DESCRIPTION: Maid going milking rejects advances of rich suitor "for Edmund he's the lad I love He won my heart,she said, And he has promised for to wed his humble village maid"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland)
KEYWORDS: poverty courting love marriage rejection money
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 77, "The Humble Village Maid Going a-Milking" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #31126
RECORDINGS:
Mrs. K. McCarthy, "Village Maid" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
File: GrMa077

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