Rise Up, Dear Love

DESCRIPTION: Ainger asks a girl to open the door and let him in on a cold night. She tells him to return to the girl he was with the night before. He says he loves only her; contrary reports are false. She lets him in. She wonders why she left him outside so long.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: dialog nightvisit
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast "Folk-Song in Buchan," pp. 38-39, ("Rise up, dear love, and open the door") (1 text)
Greig/Duncan4 775, "Rise Up, Dear Love" (1 text)
Roud #6191
File: GrD4775

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