Willie's Courtship

DESCRIPTION: Willie's sweetheart would go home "for the clouds do gather." He can't dissuade her until he threatens to kill himself "his love thus proving." She says "I will be your bride But ... to frighten me so It was vastly foolish, vastly foolish."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople)
KEYWORDS: love marriage bargaining suicide dialog
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople 114, "Willie's Courtship" (1 text)
Roud #4740
File: ReSh114

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