The Gardener
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Finn-Zoltan
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wintry winter -> wintry weather
'''The Gardener''' is [[Child ballad]] 219; the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.
==Synopsis==
A [[gardener]] wooes a lady, proposing to dress her in various flowers. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other [[winter|wintry]] weather.
==Versions==
[[Broadside Electric]] included it on the 1999 album ''[[With Teeth (Broadside Electric album)|With Teeth]]''.
==External links==
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch219.htm ''The Gardener'']
[[Category: Child Ballads|Gardener]]
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