Constant Johnny

DESCRIPTION: "Charming Molly, I do love thee, There's none other I adore"; he wishes her to be his forevermore. But, "Constant Johnny, I reject thee... Your love I do decline." He mopes. She changes her mind. They will part no more
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love rejection marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #80, "Constant Johnny" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1702
File: BGSW080

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