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Thread #169613   Message #4221974
Posted By: GeoffLawes
03-May-25 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Any May songs?
Subject: RE: Any May songs?
THE BOY AND THE MANTLE (Three Tests of Chastity) , Roud 3961 ,Child 29   - Steeleye Span       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbeQwyrAKfk

opening verse
On the third of May to Carlisle did come
A courteous child with much wisdom.
A kirtle and mantle the boy had on,
With rings and broaches full richly adorned.


The Boy and the Mantle, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Mantle
Boy and the Mantle, The [Child 29], article from The Ballad Index    https://balladindex.org/Ballads/C029.html
The Boy and the Mantle recorded by Raymond Crooke     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCF98_e1Jw
The Boy and The Mantle -Allan Taylor (BUT the Lyrics start in the third month of the year     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysSM03qek&list=RD2YysSM03qek&start_radio=1&rv=2YysSM03qek BOY AND THE MANTLE (THE) (Three Tests of Chastity) , Roud 3961 ,Child 29