Does Your Heart Beat True to Me?

DESCRIPTION: The singer is about to travel "far upon the seas" and asks, "now we're going to part ... Have I thy loving heart." He asks, "Does thy heart beat true to me my love?" and says he will ask the question again when they have grown old
AUTHOR: Harry Dale (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1879 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: love separation age
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan8 1546, "Does Your Heart Beat True to Me?" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Does your heart beat true to me"
Roud #12961
File: GrD81546

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