Gaily the Troubadour

DESCRIPTION: "Gaily the troubadour touched his guitar, When he was hast'ning home from the war, Singing from Palestine hither I come; Lady love, lady love, welcome me home." She sings of her longing for him. He arrives below her battlements
AUTHOR: Thomas Haynes Bailey
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love separation music | troubadour
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster, pp. 46-47, "Welcome Me Home" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2264, p. 153, "Swash Shay, Hands Across/Gaily the Troubadour" (1 reference)
DT, GAYTROUB*
Roud #38060
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2315, "Gaily the Troubadour," Henson (Northampton), n.d.
File: GtCS046

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