Lovely Lou

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas early in the moth of May I said to my love Lou" that he will go to sea; he asks if she will be true. She says she will, So he says, "Goodbye, lovely Lou." He promises to bring exotic gifts -- but she leaves him. So he says, "Goodbye, lovely Lou."
AUTHOR: John Read (source: Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
EARLIEST DATE: 1878 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: sailor love separation gift promise animal abandonment
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 162, "Lovely Lou" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V60313
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Goodbye Lovely Lou
File: LaGo162

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