Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow

DESCRIPTION: "Now Mary Green loves me and I love her too," and they often meet "Down in the fields where the buttercups all grow." Nature makes courting difficult: A cow licks her face, the birds drop their "tokens of love"; there are other tokens in the grass....
AUTHOR: William Hargreaves (source: Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (recording, Charlie Higgins)
KEYWORDS: love courting humorous rejection animal bird
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #27, "Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Charlie Higgins, "Down in the Field Where the Buttercups All Grow" (Rex 8065-B, 1931) (Unison Records 738-A/Broadcast Records 738-A)
File: Hows027

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