“The Haselbury Girl (The Maid of Tottenham, The Aylesbury Girl)”

Description

A girl on the way to market meets a rakish young man, who proceeds to tie up her garter, which costs her her maidenhead. In many versions, she asks his name, and he refuses to answer.

Notes

Legman's notes in Randolph-Legman I, p. 167, terms this "a carefree reduction" of "The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter" (Child 110). The evidence is thin. - EC

Cross references

Recordings

  • Pop Maynard, "The Aylesbury Girl" (on Voice15)

References

  1. Kennedy 176, "The Haselbury Girl" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Chappell-FSRA 49, "Jackie Rover" (1 text)
  3. Randolph-Legman I, pp. 162-168, "The Maid of Tottenham" (3 texts, 2 tunes)
  4. DT, HASLBURY* MAIDTOTN* UPSNDOWN
  5. Roud #364
  6. BI, K176

About

Alternate titles: “To Market, To Market”; “Tottingham Fair”; “The Salisbury Girl”; “The Ups and Downs”; “Jack the Rover”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1656 (printed in Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets... Never Before Printed [London])
Found in: US(SE,So) Britain(England(Lond,South))