Molly Bawn, Why Leave Me Pining?

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Molly Bawn, why leave me pining, All lonely, waiting here for you?" He is out among the stars and flowers, The dog is snarling, to guard her from his attempt to steal her away.
AUTHOR: Samuel Lover (source: sheet music in the Levy collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (LoversIrishSongs)
KEYWORDS: love dog abandonment
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
LoversIrishSongs, pp. 31-32, "Molly Bawn" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #4/72, p. 51, and #4/64, p. 51, "Molly Bawn" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 42, "Molly Bawn" (1 text)
TeddyReganSongster, p. 58, "Molly Bawn" (1 text)
Roud #2459
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2040, "Molly Bawn," unknown, n.d.
File: LoIS031

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