Women of Leigh, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you young lover and listen to me, A warning I'm giving as clearly you'll see." The singer's woman has left him for another. He seeks her at her home; she is gone. He warns against the women of Leigh, "Singing Damn, damn, rigmarole damn."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (English Dance & Song; reportedly collected 1962)
KEYWORDS: love abandonment warning
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire, pp. 117-119, "The Women of Leigh" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3192
File: BrHa117

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