Jenny Wren Bride

DESCRIPTION: "I've just come away from the wedding... I'll never forget the relations I met When I married by Jenny Wren bride." The family gives the bride gifts liberated from the dockyards where they work. Some in the pews hint at too-close relations with the bride
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor wedding marriage derivative theft
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 72-73, "Jenny Wren Bride" (1 text, tune referenced)
Kinsey-SongsOfTheSea, pp. 175-176, "Jenny Wren Bride" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brand-BawdySeaSong 10, "Jinny Wren Bride" (1 text)
Roud #8345
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" (tune)
File: Tawn056

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