Blackwater Town

DESCRIPTION: "As I went out walking one evening in June," the singer meets a beautiful girl singing near Blackwater town. He asks her to marry; she says she is too young, and her parents would not agree. He won't tell her name but calls her the primrose of Blackwater
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2016 (Woods-KindFriendsLendAnEar)
KEYWORDS: love beauty courting rejection
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Woods-KindFriendsLendAnEar, pp. 47-48, "Blackwater Town" (1 text)
Roud #22851
CROSS-REFERENCES:
The Banks of the Callan
File: WKFL047

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