Bessy Bell and Mary Gray - Child #201 (loosely)
I went looking for an old ballad that combined feminism and environmentalism, but had no luck. So I have taken some liberties with this Child Ballad.
Here is the version Child collected:
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch201.htm
But there are several others:
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/roud/237
Here is the mudcat thread discussing the origins:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=30105#391145
The theme for International Women's Day in 2022 is "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow":
https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2022/03/international-women-day-2022
Here is Raymond Crooke's recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3GHEWwhJNE
Steeleye Span also did a version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPjqQ_61CkM
#IWD2022
#BreakTheBias
Etching is by William Finden:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0822-3077
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