Firstly, I am wondering if anyone has any idea as to what songs are being referred to in the following quote from Bob Dylan:

"There's nobody that's going to kill traditional music. All these songs about roses growing out of people's brains and lovers who are really geese and swans that turn into angels - they're not going to die."

I have recently begun reading into the Child Ballads and haven't run up on any quite like that yet, but I would also love to know any recommendations of particular ones that feature even remotely similar levels of "fancy" or general "weirdness" (this actually makes me wish I would have given the thread a different title, I am not sure what happens if one backs out of starting a new thread at this point, in order to restart differently).

I am already aware of "The Elfin Knight" being "supernaturally" oriented, and am fascinated with such imagery, and hope to be pointed towards others with such features.

Nextly, greetings fellow lovers of folk, etc. This is my first post here. I discovered Mudcat perhaps a couple or so months ago while Googling the origins of Jean Ritchie's "Swing and Turn, Jubilee", which led me to an old thread that she actually responded to before passing. I've since come by a few more times and done a little digging around and reading various old threads from miscellaneous searches of interest and finally decided I'd like to register and join in from time to time, and definitely wished to make the inquiry of this thread.

Also, bless you all for building this incredible database!