She Was So Good

DESCRIPTION: "She was so good and so kind to me, Just like one of the family, I shall never forget The first time we met, She was -- She was -- She...." (And then repeat the entire thing ad nauseum)
AUTHOR: David Day (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1895 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: nonballad love death wife
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 38, "She Was So Good" (1 text)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #17, "She Was So Kind to Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "She was! She was!:
Roud #10560
NOTES [89 words]: The original of this, as given in FolkSongAndMusicHall, was of a man whose wife was always burdening him, but he always declares that she was good to him. Most of the traditional versions lose most of this -- so much so that it's almost a different song. The full version begins like this:
I sing of Martha, my dear wife, her loss I deeply morn
She's left this world of care and strife and now I'm all forlorn
She used to call me Turtle Dove, to all my faults was blind
I never shall forget my love; she was so good and kind. - RBW RBW
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