Come, All Ye Good People, I Pray You Attend

DESCRIPTION: "Now to all ye young women, I do you advise": we are "as full of flattery as a cloud's full of rain ... much like a garden with weeds overgrown" and men grow tired of us as time passes. .".. be modest and wise" and if he leaves you've done your best.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 917, "Come, All Ye Good People, I Pray You Attend" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6235
NOTES [20 words]: Greig/Duncan4 quoting Duncan: "It is from a manuscript book, and is entitled 'A Song', and is dated May 5th, 1860." - BS
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File: GrD917

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