Brisk Young Widow, A

DESCRIPTION: "In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow, For beauty and fine clothes none could excel her." "A lover soon there came, a brisk young farmer." She wants a "lively lad" who has money. But when a "sooty collier" courts her, she marries him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Cecil Sharp collection)
KEYWORDS: love wife courting
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Karpeles-TheCrystalSpring 138, "A Brisk Young Widow" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: KaCr138

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