All Hail to Thee, Moon

DESCRIPTION: "All hail to thee, Moon, all hail to thee! I pray thee, good moon, reveal to me This night who my husband must be."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1843 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad husband
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #426 n. 3, pp. 202-203, "(ALl hil to thee moon! all hail to thee"
ADDITIONAL: Jacqueline Simpson, _The Folklore of Sussex_, B. T. Batsford, 1973, p. 101, "(All hail to thee, Moon, all hail to thee!") (1 short text)
Roud #21150
File: SSus101

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