Add to ORKGvoiceCollected by Parler and O'Bryant Mrs. Hallie Griffin Conway, Ark. July 1958 Reel 357, Item 1 The Girl I Left Behind Me The dames of France are fond and free, And Flemish lips are willing, And soft the maids of Italy, And Spanish hearts are willing. I seek nomore the fair and gay, For each one doth remind me How blest the hours I passed away With the girl I left behind me. For she was fair as Shannon side, And purer than its water, But she refused to be my bride, Though many a year I sought her. She writes, "My own dear love, come home, My friends are rich and many, Or else abroad with you I'll roam, A soldier stout as any. "If you won't come or let me go, I'll think you have resigned me," My heart nigh broke when I answered "no" To the...