My Love Nell

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, come all you boys, both far and near, And listen a while to me." He has long courted Nell, but "My love is gone away To the shores of Amerikay." He was left in the lurch when he got to church. The singer warns that other girls might do the same
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1873 (DublinDanSongster)
KEYWORDS: love courting abandonment emigration
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
DublinDanSongster, p. 25, "My Love Nell" (1 text)
Roud #3826
NOTES [67 words]: Steve Roud lumps this with "Terence's Farewell to Kathleen" But, in that song, the woman is Kathleen, the man is Terence, and she is sailing to England, not America. They may be derived from the same source, but I certainly wouldn't consider them the same song.
DublinDanSongster lists the tune of this as "Come All Ye," but given how many songs start with those words, I hardly consider that a help! - RBW
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File: DDSo025

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