Merry Widow, The

DESCRIPTION: "Though I say not what I may not let you hear, Still the swaying dance is saying, 'Tell me, dear,' Every touch of fingers seems to let you know -- Says to you, ''Tis true, 'tis true, I love you so.'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: love dancing
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 72, "Though I say not what I may not let you hear" (1 text)
Roud #25502
File: KSUC072B

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