“The Nutting Girl”
Description
A young girl goes out to gather nuts. A farmer stops plowing and begins to sing. The girl hears his sweet voice, and "what nuts she had got, poor girl, she threw them all away." They lie together, then go their ways. The song warns girls against dallying
Notes
The recording lists "Our Goodman" as an alternate title for Ford's recording, but "Our Goodman" it ain't. - PJS
Recordings
- Warde Ford, "A Nutting We Will Go" [incomplete] (AFS 4200 A2, 1938; in AMMEM/Cowell)
References
- Kennedy 186, "The Nutting Girl" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Copper-SoBreeze, pp. 214-215, "The Nutting Maid" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, NUTGIRL*
- Roud #509
- BI, K186