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Thread #147649 Message #3424408
Posted By: GUEST,mg
22-Oct-12 - 06:21 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: All Dressed In Yellow?
Subject: RE: a question for folklorists-All Dressed In Yellow?
Here is from Banks of Yarrow
VERSE 4
She searched for 'im up stream, searched for 'im down
With much distress an' sorrow
And found 'im where willows grew
On th bonnie banks of Yarrow
VERSE 5
Her hair it being three quarters long
The color it was yellow
She tied it around his middle small
An' pulled 'im from th Yarrow
Then there is DOnovan...Mellow Yellow and Yellow is the color of my true love's hair