Maid of Fainey, The

DESCRIPTION: "There was a maid of (Fainey/Marlborough/etc.), of youth and beauty bright, Who had scores of sweethearts to court her day and night...." She loves her father's servant. They break a ring, then he flees. Her father threatens him. The end is confused
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Cologne/Morrison-WiltshireFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: brokentoken courting love father separation
FOUND IN: Australia Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 167-168, "The Maid of Fainey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs, p. 23, "The Maid of Fainey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cologne/Morrison-WiltshireFolkSongs, pp. 60-61, "In the Town of Marlborough" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, MAIDFAIN
Roud #1417
NOTES [43 words]: Roud assigns #1417 to the songs we file as "The Maid of Fainey" and "Young Ellender." They certainly have much in common, but the confusion at the end of "The Maid of Fainey" has caused me to tentatively keep them separate. I'm far from sure I'm right. - RBW
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File: MA167

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