“Looking for Poppies”

Description

An old man meets a girl and asks where she is going. She says she is looking for poppies; he says it's the wrong place. She would hear the nightingale; the time is wrong. At last her young man shows up; the old man warns against such bird songs

References

  1. Belden, pp. 252-253, "Looking for Poppies" (1 text)
  2. Roud #7759
  3. BI, Beld252

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1913 (Belden)
Found in: US(So)