The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #92750   Message #1776237
Posted By: GUEST,Pat
04-Jul-06 - 11:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Gairdner and the Plooman (Jean Redpath)
Subject: RE: Bush of Rue (Jean Redpath)
For anyone not familiar with this song, the recording I heard starts off with this verse (the earlier verses must the fragmentary Grieg version):

The first time that I saw my love,
It was under a bush o' rue.
And aye the sweeter that she sang,
The nearer the bush I drew.

And includes all those below it, except perhaps the second to last one, which I don't recognize.