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GUEST,Guest (Q- crashed) Origins: The Flowers of the Forest (Jane Elliot) (41) Origins: The Flowers of the Forest (Jean Elliot) 30 May 14

The lyrics are in the DT, and in thread 52326 (The Land o' the leal')
but the author of this composed song is not mentioned.
Jean Elliot (1727-1805).

The song evolved from a discussion about Flodden between her and her brother, as they were riding home in a carriage to Minto House, the family seat, and their memory of an old refrain, "The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede awae."

From R. Borland, 1890, "Yarrow: It's Poets and Poetry,: Thomas Fraser, Dalbeatie.

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