My Heart Is As Licht As a Feather

DESCRIPTION: The singer says her "heart is as licht as a feather." She will not "lat doon my heart" for any mud-splashing lad. "I'll never lie dead for them That winna lie sick for me."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan6)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan6 1135, "My Heart Is As Licht As a Feather" (1 text)
Roud #6825
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Farewell He" (theme) and references there
File: GrD61136

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