Pale Was Her Face, She Hung Over My Shoulder

DESCRIPTION: The singer leaves Eldring and goes to war. The war ends and he had "escaped from the slaughter" but he returns home to find she had died of grief.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan6)
KEYWORDS: love return war separation death
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan6 1242, "Pale Was Her Face, She Hung Over My Shoulder" (1 text)
Roud #6783
File: GrD61242

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