We Part My Love to Meet Nae Mair

DESCRIPTION: "We part, my love, to meet nae mair, 'Tis cruel fate's decree; And a' the waes o' bleak despair This widowed heart maun dree." The singer recalls his lost love. He hopes to be reunited with her in death
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (Ord-BothySongsAndBallads); Ord claims a date of 1817
KEYWORDS: death separation
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 364, "We Part, My Love, To Meet Nae Mair" (1 text)
Roud #4595
File: Ord364

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