It’s not an old, classic Cornish folk song but it sounds like one and I absolutely adore the longing the words convey.
“I’d Pluck a Fair Rose”
Eleanor Tomlinson, Poldark, 2016
Songwriter: Michael O’Connor, Winston Graham
I’d a pluck a fair rose for my love
I’d a pluck a red rose blowin’
Love’s in my heart, I’m tryin’ so to prove
What you heart’s knowin’
I’d a pluck a finger on a thorn
I’d a pluck a finger bleedin’
Red is my heart, wounded and forlorn
And your heart needin’
I’d a hold a finger to my tongue
I’d a hold a finger waitin’
My heart is sore, until it joins in song
With your heart matin’
by any other
name
doth
would smell
sweet
be careful
when you
pluck the heads of thistles.
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