The Gardener is Child ballad 219 (Roud 339); also called "Proud Maisrie" or "The Gardener Child", the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.

Synopsis

gardener A gardener is someone who practices gardening, either professionally or as a hobby. Description A gardener is any person involved in gardening, arguably the oldest occupation, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the home-owner supplem ...

woos a lady, proposing to dress her in various

flowers A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...

. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other wintry weather.

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''The Gardener''The Gardener
in Kinloch, 'Ancient Scottish Ballads', 1827 Child Ballads Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown {{Folk-song-stub