Source
Davis, Arthur Kyle, Jr. Traditional Ballads of Virginia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. 577
Informant/Performer
Mrs. Nancy Kitts and Miss Rosa Tickle, Bland, VA, 1923
State
Virginia
Region
South
Origin
Anglo-American
Song Type(s)
Ballad
Singing Game
Game Types
Circle
Sub-Game Types
Circle/Moving
Sub-Game Types
Figures
Subject(s)
Colors
Sub Subject
Alternate Titles
General Comments
This is the first verse of "Lord Daniel's Wife," a variant of "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard". Child ballad #81. Also in Seeger, Ruth Crawford, American Folk Songs for Children and Erdei, Peter and Katalin Komlos, 150 American Folk Songs for Children.