Luliana, the Maid of Susquehanna

DESCRIPTION: "There is a little cabin as humble as can be, And it stands upon the banks of Susquehanna." His beloved, Luliana, lives there. If he were a fish, he would swim by her; if he were anyone but himself, he would dream of her and try to win her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: love courting river dream
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 159, "Luliana, The Maid of Susquehanna" (1 text) (p. 137 in the 1919 edition)
Roud #15001
File: Shoe059

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