“Lovely Joan”
Description
Young man, out riding, comes upon Joan. He offers her a ring/purse of gold in return for a roll in the hay; she says the ring is more use to her than 20 maidenheads. She takes the ring, then hops on his horse and rides off to her true love's gate.
Notes
Damn fool. -PJS
In Sharp's bowdlerized version, the young man asks Joan to marry him and says that the purse of gold is worth more than twenty husbands! - (PJS)
Cross references
- cf. "The Maid and the Horse" (plot)
- cf. "The Broomfield Hill" (Child 43) and references there
References
- Sharp-100E 57, "Sweet Lovely Joan" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, p. 64, "Lovely Joan" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, SWTJOAN SWTLJOAN* SWTJOAN4*
- Roud #592
- BI, ShH57