The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17083 Message #2145945
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
10-Sep-07 - 07:30 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: The Bramble Briar
Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Bramble Briar
In short, no. The song has never, so far as can be told, been found in Scotland; though quite frequently in England and America. Back in the old days, English towns were often quite small and farmers sometimes lived in them. Here, though, we are looking at a song that probably dates from the 18th century (perhaps a bit earlier, though we have no evidence of that), and in which the 'farmer' was originally a merchant anyway.