Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair

DESCRIPTION: Dermot speaks to Nora from the window at night. She will not marry him because her parents oppose him. She would be ruined if he's found at her window. A hand clutches his head and a voice says, as he runs, "Won't you leave us a lock of your hair?"
AUTHOR: J.J. Waller (? John Francis Waller 1809-?)
EARLIEST DATE: 1865 (broadside, Murray Mu23-y1:139)
KEYWORDS: courting humorous nightvisit father
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 103-104, "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair" (1 text)
Roud #V13070
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.27(19), "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair", unknown, n.d.
Murray, Mu23-y1:139, "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair", Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1865
NOTES [23 words]: According to broadside Murray Mu23-y1:139, the tune of this is "The Low Back'd Car." It's not clear which song of that name is meant. - BS
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