‘O never will I forget, forgive,
So long as I have breath;
I’ll dance above your green, green grave
Where you do lie beneath.’
A.
Heading. The Brown Girl; to an excellent tune.
B.
From A right merry book of Garlands. Collected by J. Bell, on the Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne. A slip inserted after the 6th Garland bears these words: The old garlands in these volumes [11621. c. 3, c. 4] are printed by J. White, who died in 1769, and by T. Saint, who died in 1788.... Letter of J. Bell.
The Brown Girl’s Garland, composed of four extraordinary new songs.