The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8022   Message #427144
Posted By: toadfrog
27-Mar-01 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Proud Maisrie/Bonny Maisrie/Lady Margaret
Subject: RE: Proud Maisrie/Bonny Maisrie/Lady Margaret
Is there or is there not a ballad called Gardener (or "gairtner" child? Ewan McColl sang one in Berkeley in 1972. It sounded more like something Walter Scott might compose than like a traditional ballad. So far as I can make out it has no even arguable resemblance to "Bonny Susy Cleland," which is not about unrequited love.