I'm Thine Over the Left

DESCRIPTION: "I'm thine in my gladness, I'm thine in my tears. My love it can change not with absence of years "(x2). Even a dungeon would be the singer's home were she with her lover. "But life has no beauty since of thee I'm bereft... I'm thine over the left."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Dime-Song-Book #3)
KEYWORDS: love separation
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois, p. 235, 'I'm Thine Over the Left" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #3/72, p. 20 and #3/62, p. 20, "Over the Left" (1 text)
Roud #4328
File: Neel235

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