Come, My Love (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Come my love and go with me (x3), And I will take good care of you." "You are too young, you are not fit (x3), You cannot leave your mother yet." "You're old enough, you're just about right (x3), I'll ask your mother Saturday night"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Botkin, The American Play-Party Song)
KEYWORDS: playparty courting marriage mother
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty, pp. 88-89, "Come My Love" (1 text, 1 tune); cf. pp. 90-91, "Consolation Flowing Free" (1 text, 1 tune);
Roud #12430
NOTES [110 words]: Roud's #12430 is assigned primarily to pieces which open "Come my love and go with me And I will take good care of you"; #7394 is for pieces which open "Consolation flowing free, Come my love and go with me." But these are often clearly the same song: they have the "Come my love and go with me" line, the complaint about somebody being too young, and the conclusion that (s)he is old enough. But there are also much longer versions of both pieces. The confusion, I think, goes back to Botkin, who seems to have classified solely based on first lines. I'm far from sure they should be split, but I'm following this general practice. See both songs, though. - RBW
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