Can I Forget the Days of Bliss

DESCRIPTION: "Can I forget the days of bliss, that I so often spent with thee, Can I forget the parting kiss, Thy pledge of love to me?" No, he cannot forget her, though the seas take him away; her voice will stay with him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: love separation
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 46, "Can I Forget" (1 barely legible transcription, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _The National Melodist: First Series_, W. Glass, 1837 (scans available at the National Library of Scotland), p. 35, "Can I Forget the Days of Bliss" (1 text)
NOTES [44 words]: It''s hard to believe this is traditional, but the Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania version differs from the National Melodist text at several points, plus it has tune, and the National Melodist does not. So someone remembered it. Don't ask me why. - RBW
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