Wounded Spirit

DESCRIPTION: "It is true when I first read your letter That I blotted your name with a tear, I was young then, but now I know better." The other lover apparently has changed her(?) mind and remembered her promises, but "now I love another, not you."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety)
KEYWORDS: love abandonment
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety, p. 196, "Wounded Spirit" (1 text)
Roud #7945
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Farewell He" (subject)
NOTES [27 words]: Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety has only a fragment of this piece, and I can find no more. The general plot seems pretty clear, though. - RBW
File: Beld196

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