Add to ORKGThe singer is supposed to be a young girl. She once longed to be married to a good looking man. Her wish comes true but the song tells of her disappointed love. As soon as they were married, he was unfaithful and in finding out, she disfigured him and his good looks - the song serves as a warning!Mercer: Leach 96. Except for the first stanza this version is very close to Leach's. The 1st stanza is additional here
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill.Verse - "It was not long agone".In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head o...
A warning to women to be careful of suitor\u27s intentions.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/24...
A captain falls in love with a sailor's wife. (Recording ends before song is finished, so collected ...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "Young batchelours all, come hear this new song ..."Place ...
Ditty - don't marry a good-looking man or you'll have to mess him up.Mercer: Leach, 1965: 96; Peacoc...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "Come hearken to me young maidens all ..."Place, date of p...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "I'le sing a song, and a dainty brave song ..."Date, place...
Song about the courtship of the Maid of the Mountain Brow, and her lover - a young man with a bad re...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts), music.Verse - "Now to my true lover Betty,".Date, place of publi...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "I have a good old mother at home ..."Place, date of publi...
A lover tells of his own constancy, lamenting the fickleness of the girl, who has married another. H...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill."This may be printed, R.P."Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.Wi...
Apparently the song of a foresaken lover who still desires his erstwhile sweetheart.Authorship attri...
A young woman is promised in marriage, by her family, to a man she doesn't love. She tries to run aw...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill.Verse - "It was not long agone".In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head o...
A warning to women to be careful of suitor\u27s intentions.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/24...
A captain falls in love with a sailor's wife. (Recording ends before song is finished, so collected ...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "Young batchelours all, come hear this new song ..."Place ...
Ditty - don't marry a good-looking man or you'll have to mess him up.Mercer: Leach, 1965: 96; Peacoc...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "Come hearken to me young maidens all ..."Place, date of p...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "I'le sing a song, and a dainty brave song ..."Date, place...
Song about the courtship of the Maid of the Mountain Brow, and her lover - a young man with a bad re...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts), music.Verse - "Now to my true lover Betty,".Date, place of publi...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Verse: "I have a good old mother at home ..."Place, date of publi...
A lover tells of his own constancy, lamenting the fickleness of the girl, who has married another. H...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill."This may be printed, R.P."Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.Wi...
Apparently the song of a foresaken lover who still desires his erstwhile sweetheart.Authorship attri...
A young woman is promised in marriage, by her family, to a man she doesn't love. She tries to run aw...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill.Verse - "It was not long agone".In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head o...
A warning to women to be careful of suitor\u27s intentions.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/24...
A captain falls in love with a sailor's wife. (Recording ends before song is finished, so collected ...