Through the Groves (I)

DESCRIPTION: The singer hears a maid complain, "The lad I love is gone astray." If she had wings she would fly to him. If she would lock her heart to keep it from going astray. She searched for him "over hills and dales" among the shepherds in the snow.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle)
KEYWORDS: love separation nonballad shepherd
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "CHAIN OF LOVE, THE"
Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle 76, "'Twas Through the Groves" (1 text)
Roud #607
File: ReCi076

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