Brown Girl
Traditional song
The Brown Girl (Roud 180, Child 295) is an English-language folk song. Synopsis. The brown-skinned girl received a letter from her lover, telling her that he was rejecting her for a more beautiful woman. Then she received another, saying he was dying and summoning her. She told him she was delighted at his dying. Recordings. Frankie Armstrong, Lovely on the Water (1972) Steeleye Span, Rocket Cottage (1976) Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbick, Skin and Bone (1992) Angeline Morrison, The Brown Girl and Other Folk Songs (2022) See also. List of the Child Ballads. External links. The Brown Girl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brown_Girl
The Brown Girl (Roud 180, Child 295) is an English-language folk song. Synopsis. The brown-skinned girl received a letter from her lover, telling her that he was rejecting her for a more beautiful woman. Then she received another, saying he was dying and summoning her. She told him she was delighted at his dying. Recordings. Frankie Armstrong, Lovely on the Water (1972) Steeleye Span, Rocket Cottage (1976) Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbick, Skin and Bone (1992) Angeline Morrison, The Brown Girl and Other Folk Songs (2022) See also. List of the Child Ballads. External links. The Brown Girl.
