“The Belt wi' Colours Three”
Description
The singer overhears a woman lamenting her love, warning others not to love "until she know that she loved be." She lists the "gifts" she has gotten: a cap of lead, a mantle of sorrow, "a belt wi' colors three": shame, sorrow, and misery, etc.
References
- Ord, p. 194, "The Belt wi' Colours Three" (1 text)
- Roud #5534
- BI, Ord194