Loved You in the Days of Joy

DESCRIPTION: "I loved you in the days of joy, When you was but a slender boy." She recalls him as he was. "But times have changed... The stamp of manhood is on our brow." Now she lays down her pen, but her love remains even though he has abandoned her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: love courting betrayal separation
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 26, "Loved You in the Days of Joy" (1 text)
Roud #11334
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (lyrics)
NOTES [54 words]: This shares several verses with "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" ("The deep deep sea may us divide"; "Farewell to you, I'd rather make My home upon some icy lake"). The direction of the influence is not clear, since "Stormy Deep" can be shown to date back to the 1850s, but this also sounds like it comes from that period. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.3
File: Brne026

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography