I have searched unsuccessfully for the Jean Redpath recording of a song that I would call "Under a Bush of Rue". Does anyone know of the song or how to obtain a recording of it? I found it very lovely and would like to be able to learn and sing it. In the 1990's I borrowed a homemade compilation tape of Jean Redpath songs, made by a dedicated Jean Redpath fan (my then-boyfriend's former girlfriend). Some time later, and now, I'm unable to find any indication of this song's existence. Maybe Jean Redpath only performed it live and this track was bootlegged. This is what I recall of the lyrics:

The firsten time I saw my love
It was under a boosh [bush] a' rue
And aye the sweeter that ye (he?) sang
The nearer the bush I drew, drew
The nearer the bush I drew

A goatherd lad that loves [i.e. lives] nearby
Long has he wooed me
And he's given me his hairt [heart] to keep
A pledge o' love to be, be
A pledge o' love to be

{Key verse about seeing someone else, a ploughman?, off on a green hill and falling in love with them at first sight}

Mock [make] up your goon [gown]
My bonnie lassie
And mock it neat and fine
For ye shall be the ploughman's wife
And ne'er a __________ o' mine

It was performed with a thick accent, as I've indicated somewhat in my transcription.