Lady Dundee's Lament

DESCRIPTION: "I little thought that waefu' day I bade farewel to thee," that they were their last words, "an' we sud never meet again." He had told her not to mourn, telling her that his heart was given to king, country, and her. But he earned "a hero's death"
AUTHOR: Lady John Scott (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) (source: Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: separation death mourning
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 12, "Lady Dundee's Lament" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Gath012

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