Come All You Handsome Jewels

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you handsome jewels, come sit you don by me, If ever I prove false or cruel to the girl that would marry me," the moon will melt, fire will freeze. Now he'll die for one who won't love him, leaving "poor Sally lamenting all on her native shore"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol2)
KEYWORDS: love courting separation bird death floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol2, pp. 84-85, "Come All You Handsome Jewels" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7034
NOTES [38 words]: This seems very confused, perhaps because it has borrowed so many motifs, such as the turtledove sitting on her nest and the raging seas burning. Is the singer true to his love? Or did he abandon her? Or both? It's not clear. - RBW
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File: BWV2084

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