What Avails It?

DESCRIPTION: "Tell me jealous-hearted swain What avails thy idle arts, To divide united hearts." Love blows where it wills, just like the wind. The two lovers conceal their sighs so that not even Argus can see them. "Mysterious love, to kindred souls conveys."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: love
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 302, "What Avails It?" (1 text)
Roud #11707
NOTES [56 words]: I haven't located whatever bogus source Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania lifted this out of and claimed it was traditional, but given that Shoemaker (or his "informants") did so repeatedly, I don't think there can be any doubt. It's just too intricate in form -- and too meaningless when you try to read the whole thing. - RBW
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