Fare You Well, My Darling

DESCRIPTION: Fare you well, my darling, Oh fare you well my dear, Don't grieve for my long absence While I'm a volunteer." The singer urges the girl not to grieve, though he is traveling far away (to Pensacola). She says she will wait for his return
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety)
KEYWORDS: love soldier separation
FOUND IN: US(SE,So)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety, pp. 380-381, "Fare You Well, My Darling" (1 text)
Randolph 736, "Fare You Well, My Darling" (1 text)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 376, "The Soldier's Farewell" (2 texts)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 376, "The Soldier's Farewell" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 142-143, "Fare Ye Well, My Darlin'" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3582
NOTES [49 words]: The Ozark (Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety, Randolph) and North Carolina (Brown) versions of this song aren't absolutely parallel; it's possible that they are separate songs with a lot of parallel words. But given the thematic similarity, it seems reasonable to lump them. - RBW
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File: R736

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