The Brown Girl

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The Brown Girl is Child ballad 295.

[edit] Synopsis

The brown girl received a letter from her lover, telling her that he was rejecting her for a more beautiful woman. Then she received another, saying he was dying and summoning her. She told him she was delighted at his dying.

[edit] Recording

This is on the Steeleye Span 1976 album Rocket Cottage.

[edit] External links

• The Brown Girl