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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