Guernsey Folk Lore / a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island

by Sir Edgar MacCulloch

Si l’on ne m’épouse avant

Belle Rose

Belle Rose au rosier blanc.

Si l’on ne me mène à l’église

Par devant tous mes parents

Belle Rose

Belle Rose au rosier blanc![331]

[330] Baisse—servant girl.

[331] There are many versions of this song to be found among the country people, I have compared this with five or six others, and it is, I think, the most generally received.