Cruel Fate

DESCRIPTION: "Though cruel fate should us part, As far as pole an' line." her memory should stay in his heart; though mountains and deserts separate them, the singer would still love "Jean."
AUTHOR: unknown (new tune by Jeannie Robertson)
EARLIEST DATE: 1788 (Scots Musical Museum, according to Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice)
KEYWORDS: courting promise nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #45, pp. 196, "Cruel Fate" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #24309
File: RPG045

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