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English ballad, Child no. 219
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The Gardener is Child ballad 219 (Roud 339); also called "Proud Maisrie" or "The Gardener Child", the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.
A gardener woos a lady, proposing to dress her in various flowers. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other wintry weather.
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The Gardener is Child ballad 219 ; also called "Proud Maisrie" or "The Gardener Child", the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.