Woman the Joy and the Pride of the Land

DESCRIPTION: "Come married and single, together pray mingle, And listen awhile to these lines I relate; You that single have tarried, make haste and get married... For woman's the joy and the pride of the land." The theme is repeated in every verse
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan5); 19C (broadside, Murray Mu23-y1:011)
KEYWORDS: marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber)) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig/Duncan5 1067, "Woman's the Joy and Pride of the Land" (1 text)
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 185, "Women's the Joy and the Pride of the Land" (1 text)
Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports, pp. 367-3695, "Woman's the Joy and Pride of the Land" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4393
BROADSIDES:
Murray, Mu23-y1:011, "Woman the Joy and Pride of the Land," J.Bristow (Glasgow), 19C; also Mu23-y1:045, "Woman the Pride of the Land," James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "There's Nothing Can Equal A Good Woman Still" (theme, some words)
File: GrMa185

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