First of May, The (Down By a River Side)

DESCRIPTION: "Down by a river side A fair maid I espied, Lamenting for her own true love, Lamenting, crying, sighing, dying, Dying for her own true love." She declares that he had promised to marry. He says he is faithful, and they marry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage betrayal river
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "MONTH OF MAY, THE"
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #84, "Down By a River Side" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1438
File: BGSW084

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