Katy's Letter

DESCRIPTION: "Och girls, did you ever hear, I wrote my love a letter, And although he cannot read, I thought 'twas all the better." The words don't matter; he knows she loves him faithfully. She hasn't received an answer, but he knows he loves her faithfully
AUTHOR: Helen Selina Blackwoon, Lady Dufferin (1807-1867) (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Dime-Song-Book #12)
KEYWORDS: love courting nonballad
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 130-131, "Katy's Letter" (1 text)
Heart-Songs, pp. 100-101, "Katey's Letter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #12, pp. 48-49, "Katy's Letter" (1 text)
Roud #12901
NOTES [19 words]: Heart-Songs appears to attribute both words and music of this to Lady Dufferin, but she usually wrote only words. - RBW
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