What is the song the lass from the low countree about?

Answer 1

my story is that the girl was poor and she was at the door of her house and a lord (rich person,like a king rich) passed her on a white horse and she liked him so she spoke to him but he did not pay any attention to her so she died of a broken heart!

Here are the lyrics:

Oh, he was a lord of high degree,

And she was a lass from the Low Countree,

But she loved his lordship so tenderly!

Oh, sorrow, sing sorrow!

Now she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod,

And no one knows she loved him but herself and God.

One morn, when the sun was on the mead,

He passed by her door on a milk-white steed;

She smiled and she spoke, but he paid no heed.

Oh, sorrow, sing sorrow!

Now she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod,

And no one knows she loved him but herself and God.

If you be a lass from the Low Countree,

Don't love of no lord of high degree;

They hain't got a heart for sympathy.

Oh sorrow, sing sorrow!

Now she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod,

And no one knows she loved him but herself and God.

Doesn't look like its about a secret liaison to me. Looks like she was in love with him, but he didn't notice her because she was lowborn and she died without anyone knowing of her love for him. Read the lyrics and judge for yourself.

Answer 2

She had a one-night stand with a rich guy who was slumming and became pregnant. Due to the stigma of that back in the day she killed herself.