Fair Susan Slumbered

DESCRIPTION: "Fair Susan slumbered in shady bower, Safe hid, she thought, from every eye." Her true love passes by and steals a kiss. She awakens and orders him away. He asks, if the love be ended, that she return the kiss
AUTHOR: Words: H. Fleetwood Sheppard
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love rejection | kiss sleep
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #96, "Fair Susan" (1 text, 1 tune, the words not being traditional)
NOTES [38 words]: It appears, based on the notes, that the original of this was "No, John, No" or a song of that type. Needless to say, the words Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd inflicted upon the tune are both inferior and banal. - RBW
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