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Steve Gardham Origin: My Bonny Blue-Eyed Nancy (25) RE: Origin: My Bonny Blue-Eyed Nancy 04 Apr 17


In the Roxburghe and Douce Collections (both online I think) there is a ballad titled 'The Constant Maiden's Resolution, Or The Damsel'd Loyal Love to a Seaman, With the Seaman's Kind Answer Thereunto. It seems to be the source for the first stanza above. It is dated c1688-9
It is probably a commonplace as it also occurs in the late 18thc song The Queen of Hearts.

Stanza 4
I wish I were upon yonder mountain,
Where gold and silver great store is counting;
Then would I think upon my own dear honey,
Whom I love better than gold or money.

The stanza in The Queen of Hearts is again st4.

I wish I was upon yonder mountain
Where gold and silver I could have for counting,
I could not count it for thinking on him,
He's nothing to me, what makes me love him?

The 'low in station' line also looks very familiar. Probably also a commonplace.


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