Texas

DESCRIPTION: "We'll travel on together Till you and I must part, So fare you well, my honey, my love, I love you to my heart." The singer says he will die when they are parted; and rejoices when she returns; "We'll travel on together... We'll settle down in Texas."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi)
KEYWORDS: love courting separation reunion playparty home
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi 156, pp.301-302 , "Texas" (1 text)
Hudson-FolkTunesFromMississippi 40, "Texas" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #4510
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Now, My Friends, Our Meeting Is Over" (lyrics)
File: Hud156

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