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Thread #44304   Message #651303
Posted By: Jon Freeman
15-Feb-02 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Martha the Watercress Girl
Subject: Martha The Watercress Girl
I can't seem to find it anywhere. All I can tell you is the song has a music hall feel to it. Someone in the Rhyl folk club used to sing it but I've not heard it anywhere else. The chorus goes something along the lines of:

And her hair hung down in tresses
As she walked to the stream that runs by the mill
She was gathering watercresses
Was Martha the watercress girl.

Thanks,

Jon