Lorene
DESCRIPTION: Lorene is leaving for the city "where loved ones you're seeking to find" and the singer asks her not to go: "give me your answer Lorene today; say you'll be mine."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed)
KEYWORDS: courting love parting separation nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-1ed, pp. 185-188, "Lorene" (1 text, 1 tune)
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed, pp. 96-97, "Lorene" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3591
File: Ow2E096
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