Old Indian (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you people far and near, A lamentation you shall hear" about a "lady gay" who ran away with an Indian. Her brother follows with a posse. They beat and confine the Indian and exile her, "But still the old Indian he kept her heart"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: love Indians(Am.) brother sister abuse prison horse
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 186-187, "The Old Indian" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5243
File: NeDe186

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