“Poor Thing”
Description
"A maid all alone in a poor house did dwell.... Her hair was red and her age was nineteen -- Poor thing!" Her swain asks, "Will you fly by the light of yon star? For I am the i of the you that I are." Her father chases the man, who "flew up the flue."
References
- Hudson 88, p. 215, "Poor Thing" (1 text)
- Roud #4479
- BI, Hud088