Charming Sweet Girl That I Love, The

DESCRIPTION: Singer mourns the loss of his sweetheart, whose name he can't reveal. He thinks of their days together, which she has forgotten. "It's now I am rejected, forsaken and forlorn, for the sake of that fair one I'm dying." "How I long for the girl that I love"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: courting love rejection beauty nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 154, "The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9259
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love" (on IRECronin01)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Flower of Corby Mill" (hidden name) and references there
File: OCC154

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