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My Willie's rare and Willie's fair
No full textWoman dreams of lover's death. She receives letter saying he has drowned in the Yaro. She brings his body out of the water then swears never to sleep with another man again.Mercer: Karpeles 95 ("The Dowie Dens of Yarrow") (The Braes o' Yarrow
"No home, no home," cried an orphan child
No full textAn orphan child begs for food and shelter from a rich man. He refuses and she dies on his step. The rich man also dies.No ref
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay
No full textOld man longs to follow friends who have died and gone to "a better home".No ref
Well met, well met my own true love
No full textSailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury he persuades her to leave her husband and baby. After a few weeks at sea she weeps for her child and curses the money which made her leave him. The ship sinks. Song ends with her and her lover going to hell.Child #243; Mercer: Peacock, p. 740
Oh don't you remember, 'tis a long time ago
No full textTwo children are lost in woods and die.Short lament over death of children; not Laws Q34 or G25. See note in Laws ABBB, 290-291; Brewster, 313; Peacock, 31; Leach, 14
CHORUS: Oh, la, la, la, Chicka la lee oh 1st line: Oh, I'm gonna marry who I please
No full textLullaby. Woman describes her lover's departure to war and his return to marry her.No ref
And the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
No full textSentimental song of Kentucky home.No ref
Go tell Aunt Nancy
No full textWalnut hits old grey goose on the head and kills her. She is cooked but proves to be so tough that she breaks forks and the teeth of persons who try to eat her. She is buried and then dug up by wild animals
Oh the Black Jack Davy came a riding by
No full textBlack Jack Davy charms a lady and she rides off with him. When her husband discovers that she has left, he follows after her. He finds them by a stram and asks her to come home, but she bids him good-bye and stays with Black Jack Davy.Child # 200; Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 38; Lloyd, p. 29; Karpeles (1934) p. 13, (1934a) p. 3, (1971) p. 81; Peacock, p. 194
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