Robin

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Robin, they tell me you're going away, And you've come to bid me goodbye." The singer knows what he will say, and hopes he will prove true. She knows he will see fairer, finer women. She begs him not to forget her and promises to dream of him.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin), from a copy supposedly made c. 1900
KEYWORDS: separation dream clothes
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peters-FolkSongsOutOfWisconsin, p. 118, "Robin" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Pet118

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