When the rose is in bud and the violets blow
- DMI number:
- 524
- First Line:
- When the rose is in bud and the violets blow
- Last Line:
- Tis the gold tis the gold and the silver of Britton
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Rural life
- Author:
- Charles Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants (The Sheep-sheering, a Ballad) from 'The Country Lasses: or The Custom of the Manor' Act 1 Scene 1 (1715, ESTC T57285).
- Title:
- The Merry-Musician; or a Cure for the Spleen. Being ...The Second Edition [?not Suarez?]
- Page No(s):
- pp.234-236
- Poem Title:
- The Sheep-shearing Ballad
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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