You'll Want Me Back One Day

DESCRIPTION: "A lad and a lassie once stood In a pathway which led to a wood." One says, "Just fancy that we never met, Just try to live and forget." One says, "You'll want me back someday." A year later, a letter arrives saying that the one wants the other back
AUTHOR: Robert Donnelly (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1909 ( source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: love rejection separation | letter
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #61, "You'll Want Me Back One Day" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "You wish me to forget you (but you’ll want me back some day)"
Roud #5352
ALTERNATE TITLES:
You Wish Me to Forget You (But You'll Want Me Back Some Day)
File: Hows061

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