Young Ellen Loraine

DESCRIPTION: "When I parted from Erin, heart-broken to leave thee, I dreamed not of falsehood, you Ellen Loraine, I thought, though but woman, thou wouldst not deceive me." But she is "faithless." He tells her, Go, false one, and laugh at the heart thou hast broken."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1839 (Bodleian broadide Harding B 11(3108), etc.)
KEYWORDS: love betrayal emigration
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 200, "Young Ellen Loraine" (1 text)
Roud #13854
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.25(112), "Young Ellen Lorraine," J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Harding B 11(3108) (Catnach)
NOTES [13 words]: The dimwit might have had better luck if he'd bothered to learn real English. - RBW
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File: HMHS200A

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