Gloamin' Fa'

DESCRIPTION: The singer asks her husband to sit by her on their fiftieth wedding anniversary. She recalls their life together. Their children now are grown, except one "oor Father didna spare ... Thank God the others hae been right." She hopes they'll die together.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: age love marriage nonballad children husband wife death
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 928, "Gloamin' Fa'" (1 text)
Roud #6239
File: GrD4928

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