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Jennifer Gentle

Oh, Jennifer Gentle and Rosemaree,
What is deeper than the sea?
And what is higher than the broadside,
As the dew falls over the mulberry tree?

Oh, what would make my heart feel so glad,
And turn my winters into spring,
When all this world is so very sad?
It's the joy that Jennifer Gentle brings.

Oh, the sun has nestled the ocean cold,
A lovely silver and pure bright gold;
And we lean first to look down to rest,
On the welcome folds of the ocean's breast.

Oh, love is deeper than the sea,
Jennifer Gentle and Rosemaree;
And the truth is higher than the broadside,
As the dew falls over the mulberry tree.

Oh, Jennifer Gentle and Rosemaree,
What is deeper than the sea?
And what is higher than the broadside,
As the dew falls over the mulberry tree?

####.... Author unknown. Variant of an English traditional, Riddles Wisely Expounded [Child ballad #1] The English And Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898) edited by Francis James Child (Dover, 1965) printed in Gilbert's Christmas Carols in 1893. Also a variant of a 19th century British broadside ballad, A Noble Riddle Wisely Expounded: or, The Maids Answer To The Knights Three Questions, published by F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke (all of London) sometime between 1674 and 1679, and archived at the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, shelfmark: 4o Rawl, 566(193). ....####

This variant was arranged and taped before a live audience by Tommy Makem and Ryan's Fancy for their television show on CHCH-TV from Hamilton, Ontario, from July to September, 1974.

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