Far Over the Forth

DESCRIPTION: “Far over the Forth, I look to the North," then the singer looks to the West where her lover is. His parents were against them, but they wedded on the cairn of the mountain. Now the singer dreams happily of her love, that's dear to both her and her child.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Jeannie Robertson)
LONG DESCRIPTION: “Far over the Forth, I look to the North," then the singer looks to the West where her lover lives in foreign lands or sails foreign seas. His parents were against them, but all summer long they loved each other and wedded on the cairn of the mountain. Now the singer dreams happily of her love, that's dear to both her and her child.
KEYWORDS: courting elopement love wedding separation lover mother
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland (Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #71, p. 242-243, "Far Over the Forth" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3360
File: RPG071

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