J'ai Trouve une Maitresse (I Found a Young Sweetheart)

DESCRIPTION: French. Singer meets a girl of 15 and falls in love. He asks her to love him; he'll wait until she's old enough. She says he won't have to wait long, and that her parents wish her never to wed. She, or he, regrets that a girl might never meet a lover
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Berry-FolkSongsOfOldVincennes)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage age grief courting love family father mother lover
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Berry-FolkSongsOfOldVincennes, p. 78, "Ja'i Trouve une Maitresse (The Young Sweetheart)" (1 text + translation, 1 tune)
File: BerV078

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