Rambling Robin

DESCRIPTION: "When first from my childhood I came to a man, The nation to ramble through I soon began." He is called "Rambing Robin." He never worries. His parents grieve. After 16 years, his mother dies. His father seeks him and dies. He returns to find them dead
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1867 (various Harkness broadsides)
KEYWORDS: rambling children mother father death return
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, p. 68, "Rambing Robin" (1 text, 1 modern tune)
Roud #V5416
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 20(145), "Rambling Robin," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 11(3225)=2806 c.13(198) (partly illegible), "Rambling Robin" (ibid.); also Harding B 16(220c), "Rambling Robin," T. Pearson (Manchester), 1850-1899
File: HFSL068

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