Lavender Cries

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This song was sung in the streets of Kensington in the 1880s.

Lyrics

(Folk song from England)

Will you buy my sweet lavender?
Sweet blooming lavender,
O buy my pretty lavender,
Sixteen bunches a penny!

See also

  • Country: England
  • Subject: sales
  • Harmony: I, V
  • Meter: mixed
  • Rhythm: anacrusis
  • Scale: major
  • Source: English County Songs: Words and Music. Collected and edited by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland, M.A., F.S.A., 1893

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