Foggy Dew (II), The

DESCRIPTION: The singer goes out one morning and spies a beautiful girl. He asks her to marry. At first she hints of another lover, but when he approaches her again, she agrees to marry "if I know that you'll be true."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910
KEYWORDS: love courting
FOUND IN: US(MA) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Cazden/Haufrecht/Studer-FolkSongsOfTheCatskills 76, "The Foggy Dew" (1 text, 1 tune)
Peacock, pp. 520-521, "Foggy Dew" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 147, "The Foggy Dew" (1 text)
ST FSC76 (Partial)
Roud #973
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf."The Foggy Dew (III)" (tune)
NOTES [24 words]: Although there are occasional similarities of both text and tune, this piece is not to be confused with Laws O3, "The Foggy Dew (The Bugaboo)." - RBW
File: FSC76

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