One morning, one morning, one morning in Spring

Shepherd asks Flora to marry him. She says she is too young and must first go into service, which she does. He writes her six months later to "know her intent". She tells him to live the single life for she never intended to marry him.Mercer, p. 122: Karpeles, 1934: 114 (Young Floro); Karpeles, 1934a : 44; Karpeles, 1971: 191, 192, 193; Peacock, 1965: 480, 481 (My Flora and Me)