Pear Tree, The

DESCRIPTION: "Twa lads" go out one day, see a pear tree, and climb it. Lad and lass start to undress in the tree as the pears fall. The young man loses his coat. The singer calls into the tree about the coat; the couple in the tree do not answer. So he takes the coat
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: courting sex humorous clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 69, "The Pear Tree" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1713
NOTES [39 words]: One must obviously suspect this was somehow inspired by Chaucer's "Merchant's Tale," where the young girl May and the young man Damian are caught in the act by May's husband January -- who, however comes out the worst of the three. - RBW
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