Young Ettie

DESCRIPTION: Singer meets Ettie, declares his love, and promises to come back to her when fishing season ends. He returns and she swears she will be his true sweetheart. "A few short weeks after this girl changed her mind." Warning: "don't depend on those fair ones"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports)
KEYWORDS: courting love promise rejection warning parting return reunion separation fishing
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports, pp. 379-381, "Young Ettie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #25334
File: Guig379

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