Will You Be True, My Darling

DESCRIPTION: "I am going to fight for fortune in a land beyond the sea." His sweetheart vows to be true until he returns. Five years later, waiting on the shore, she sees his body washed up on the shore. "With a sob she fell on his lifeless form"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: grief courting love parting separation corpse death lover youth
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30146
RECORDINGS:
Cyril O'Brien, "Will You Be True, My Darling" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
File: ML3WYBTD

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