Man sees his sweetheart being wed to another. At the wedding feast he sits between the bride and groom and asks to lie by her. Others try to console him for his loss but he wishes only to die.Mercer: Karpeles, p. 126; Peacock, p. 441; Grieg, Gavin, "Folk Songs of the North East", 24 (1963); O'Lochlainn, Colin. "rish Street Ballads", p. 170 ("The Lambs on the Green Hills"
A maiden is eager to be married.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/2076/thumbnail.jp
Man meets maid and romantic conversation takes place, marriage followsLaws, NAB, H29; Mercer, Blonda...
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Man goes to a wedding where his true love is supposed to marry another man. He sings her a song aski...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
Man is forsaken by the girl he loves, who marries someone else. Asks for his grave to be dug because...
A girl foresakes her lover to marry another man. The lover sings after the wedding supper and the gi...
Man is heart-broken when the woman he loves weds another and requests his grave to be dug so he can ...
Song is about what one learns about his partner after the wedding. He drinks. She sleeps around and ...
Young man meets a girl in a meadow and proposes marriage, but she refuses, saying that she is faithf...
Man and woman get married. The man's old love goes to the wedding. He sings a song for her, the brid...
voiceCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Mary C. Parler Tom Boyd Patrick, Ark, November 3, 1...
voiceCollected by: Douglas Haynie for Miss MC Parler THE WEDDING The wedding bells were ringing on o...
Song tells of how a rover wants to marry a pretty young girl he sees [sic] in a meadow but she fears...
Narrator proposes marriage to beautiful maiden in a mantle of green; when she refuses because of lov...
A maiden is eager to be married.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/2076/thumbnail.jp
Man meets maid and romantic conversation takes place, marriage followsLaws, NAB, H29; Mercer, Blonda...
Shepherd asks Flora to marry him. She says she is too young and must first go into service, which sh...
Man goes to a wedding where his true love is supposed to marry another man. He sings her a song aski...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
Man is forsaken by the girl he loves, who marries someone else. Asks for his grave to be dug because...
A girl foresakes her lover to marry another man. The lover sings after the wedding supper and the gi...
Man is heart-broken when the woman he loves weds another and requests his grave to be dug so he can ...
Song is about what one learns about his partner after the wedding. He drinks. She sleeps around and ...
Young man meets a girl in a meadow and proposes marriage, but she refuses, saying that she is faithf...
Man and woman get married. The man's old love goes to the wedding. He sings a song for her, the brid...
voiceCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Mary C. Parler Tom Boyd Patrick, Ark, November 3, 1...
voiceCollected by: Douglas Haynie for Miss MC Parler THE WEDDING The wedding bells were ringing on o...
Song tells of how a rover wants to marry a pretty young girl he sees [sic] in a meadow but she fears...
Narrator proposes marriage to beautiful maiden in a mantle of green; when she refuses because of lov...
A maiden is eager to be married.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/2076/thumbnail.jp
Man meets maid and romantic conversation takes place, marriage followsLaws, NAB, H29; Mercer, Blonda...
Shepherd asks Flora to marry him. She says she is too young and must first go into service, which sh...