Ye Loyal Lovers

DESCRIPTION: A rich farmer's daughter loves Pat Molloy. When her father wouldn't agree to the marriage he enlists. He promises to marry her when he returns. She proves true but he returns married from "India's burning shore." Young maid: Never trust "a rovin' blade"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads)
KEYWORDS: courting infidelity marriage promise war separation India father return
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads 19, "Ye Loyal Lovers" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9232
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Brave Irish Lad" (tune) (OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads)
File: OLcM019

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