The Gardener is Child ballad 219; the collection includes several variants, many fragmentary.
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Synopsis
A gardener woos a lady, proposing to dress her in various flowers. She rejects him with a suggestion that he wear snow and other wintry weather.
Versions
Broadside Electric included it on the 1999 album With Teeth.
References
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