I Once Had a Sweetheart

DESCRIPTION: "I once had a sweetheart but now I've none. He's gone to old Kentucky to never return." "I once was a snowbird but now I'm a lark"; she dreams of her sweetheart smiling at her, but it is not true. They will lock their love up and throw away the key.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: love courting rejection
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 46, "I Once Had a Sweetheart" (1 text, t 1une)
Roud #11332
NOTES [45 words]: Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric notes the obvious initial similarity to "Green Grows the Laurel," but correctly notes that it diverges completely after that. I rather suspect that this was created by someone who had heard "Green Grows" -- but who remembered only a few scraps. - RBW
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File: Brne046

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