Here We Go in Mourning

DESCRIPTION: "Here we go in mourning, In mourning is my cry, I have gone and lost my true love, And surely I must die." "It's yonder he comes, And it's How do you do? And it's how have you been since I parted from you?" "Come now and let's go and get married."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: courting playparty mourning
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 72, "Here We Go in Mourning" (1 text)
Roud #7871
File: Br3072

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