The Gardener (ballad)
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English ballad, Child no. 219
For other uses, see The Gardener.
The Gardener is Child ballad 219 (Roud 339);[1] the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.
Synopsis
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.
Versions
Broadside Electric included it on the 1999 album With Teeth.
References
External links
- The Gardener
- The Gardener, in Kinloch, 'Ancient Scottish Ballads', 1827
