Sweet Little Creature, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, well I remember that sweet little creature That lives in the cot at the foot of the hill... I'd give all the world could I once call her mine." He asks her to marry. She says her aged parents need her, but "when my duty's completed" she'll marry him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1866 (ShamusOBrienSongster)
KEYWORDS: love courting mother father
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
ShamusOBrienSongster, pp. 55-56, "The Sweet Little Creature" (1 text)
WhosBeenHereSinceIveBeenGoneSongster, p. 47, "The Sweet Little Creature" (1 text)
Roud #17552
File: SOBS055

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