Sweet Farewell

DESCRIPTION: "Will by Mary sad reposes On a bank of prim-a-roses." The Colonel cries; Will must leave. The soldiers should have their flintlocks ready. Mary begs him to stay. He says that duty calls
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love separation soldier flowers
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #119, "Sweet Farewell" (1 text, 1 tune, with some forgotten lines reconstructed by Baring-Gould)
Roud #6916
File: BGSW119

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