'Twas Getting Late Up in September

DESCRIPTION: In Labrador, "'Twas getting late up in September"; the singer meets a girl come to fill her buckets at the fountain. He proposes, she accepts, "a priest came up on the steamer," they marry and "live in a nice little cottage, Down by the side of the sea"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: courting love marriage wedding
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Peacock, pp. 601-602, "'Twas Getting Late Up in September" (1 text, 1 tune)
Doyle-OldTimeSongsAndPoetryOfNewfoundland, "'Twas Getting Late Up in September" (1 text, 1 tune): p 78 in the 3rd edition
Blondahl-NewfoundlandersSing, p. 104, "'Twas Getting Late Up In September" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST Doyl3078 (Partial)
Roud #7288
File: Doyl3078

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