Ah, but I take Bronson's opening sentences to refer to the actual Child 219, with all its flower symbolism. We can argue the merits or otherwise of that one another time.

Version 1, involving the eternal triangle, is surely a completely different song. For me it has some charm, partly from Jean Redpath's singing and perhaps partly from the uncertainty over who's saying what about whom, which is increased by the inconsistencies between the two versions.

I suppose I should toddle off to the VWML to look for further versions in the Greig-Duncan collection.