Kind, King and Gentle Is She

DESCRIPTION: "Kind, kind and gentle is she, Kind is my Mary, The tender blossom on the tree Could not compare with (my) Mary." She is both beautiful and kind. Do not fall for a "haughty lass."
AUTHOR: unknown (see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: love courting warning
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p 30, "Kind, kind and gentle is she" (1 text)
Roud #25362
NOTES [78 words]: Fowke credits this to T. Richardson. The New York sheet music by Hewitt & Jacques, however, credits it to Gabriel H. Barbour (words) and W.C. Peters (music); it was sung by "Mr. Dempster" and dedicated to "Miss Mary Wood." Every sheet music copy I saw was of the Barbour/Peters version; I do not know where Fowke found her information. And since the sheet music is undated (perhaps to pretend to be older than the Richardson version?), I can't really give it a date. - RBW
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