Yonder She Comes

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, yonder she comes, and it's howdy, howdy do." "Oh, rise you up, my lady, Present to me your hand, I know you are a pretty girl, But Lord, such a man." "We two will travel on Until we have to part." Now that peace has come, they will travel and marry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (McDowell & McDowell, Folk Dances of Tennessee, according to Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty)
KEYWORDS: playparty love courting travel war
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty, pp. 211-212, "Yonder She Comes" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11614
File: Spurg211

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