Shepherd's Virtuous Daughter, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer, fishing, is so taken by a girl he sees that he loses his line and hook in the brook. She is a shepherd's daughter come to bathe in the Boyne. He proposes. She suggest he have his parents find a more suitable bride.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (Morton-FolksongsSungInUlster)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection fishing
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morton-FolksongsSungInUlster 20, "The Shepherd's Virtuous Daughter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2879
File: MorU020

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