A young woman is promised in marriage, by her family, to a man she doesn't love. She tries to run away to the one she loves, but is caught and brought back home, where she dies before they can marry her off. Her last words are, "Farewell, Johnny Doyle".Mercer 140; Laws M2; Karpeles 1971: 212; Peacock 1965:687, 689-90; Leach 1965:64; MUNFLA 78-239 C3575; 68-40 C548; 73-153 C1618 & C1620; 78-361 C4386. Alternate titles: "Johnny Doyle", "It's of a Tender Maiden"
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.Verse: "Draw near...
Young man meets a girl in a meadow and proposes marriage, but she refuses, saying that she is faithf...
The heroine's mother gave her one thousand pounds to send O'Reilley to America to escape her father'...
When her parents discover her love for Johnny Doyle, the heroine is locked in her bedroom. When she ...
Woman is forced to marry someone other than her true love Johnny Doyle. Her pain is so great that sh...
Girl plans to marry Johnny Doyle secretly but her mother learns of her plans and arranges for her to...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
The narrator, Willie, fell in love with a beautiful woman, Nancy. Her parents opposed the match and ...
A woman is faithful to her forced marriage.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/2409/thumbnail.jp
The singer is supposed to be a young girl. She once longed to be married to a good looking man. Her ...
A young irl lives far out with her parents. There's a ball in town 15 miles away. Her promised hus...
Collected by Wallace Holmes for Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Margaret ...
The hero left a maid behind him, leaving to seek his fortune. He promised to be true - and she swore...
A lover tells of his own constancy, lamenting the fickleness of the girl, who has married another. H...
A girl foresakes her lover to marry another man. The lover sings after the wedding supper and the gi...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.Verse: "Draw near...
Young man meets a girl in a meadow and proposes marriage, but she refuses, saying that she is faithf...
The heroine's mother gave her one thousand pounds to send O'Reilley to America to escape her father'...
When her parents discover her love for Johnny Doyle, the heroine is locked in her bedroom. When she ...
Woman is forced to marry someone other than her true love Johnny Doyle. Her pain is so great that sh...
Girl plans to marry Johnny Doyle secretly but her mother learns of her plans and arranges for her to...
Girl forsakes her lover to marry a richer man. When she hears her lover sing at the wedding, she fee...
The narrator, Willie, fell in love with a beautiful woman, Nancy. Her parents opposed the match and ...
A woman is faithful to her forced marriage.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/2409/thumbnail.jp
The singer is supposed to be a young girl. She once longed to be married to a good looking man. Her ...
A young irl lives far out with her parents. There's a ball in town 15 miles away. Her promised hus...
Collected by Wallace Holmes for Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Margaret ...
The hero left a maid behind him, leaving to seek his fortune. He promised to be true - and she swore...
A lover tells of his own constancy, lamenting the fickleness of the girl, who has married another. H...
A girl foresakes her lover to marry another man. The lover sings after the wedding supper and the gi...
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.Verse: "Draw near...
Young man meets a girl in a meadow and proposes marriage, but she refuses, saying that she is faithf...
The heroine's mother gave her one thousand pounds to send O'Reilley to America to escape her father'...