Meet Me, Josie, at the Gate

DESCRIPTION: "Wilt thou meet me, tonight, at the old garden gate? Meet me there, for I've something sweet to say." "And I'll whisper in your ear, Something sweet for you to hear, If you'll meet me, darling Josie, at the gate." He is leaving, but don't grieve
AUTHOR: George M. Clark (source: Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, Little-Maggie-May-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love separation | garden gate
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, p. 62 "Meet Me, Josie, at the Gate" (1 text)
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 55, "Meet Me, Josie, at the Gate" (1 text)
Walking-Down-Broadway-Songster, p. 52, "Meet Me, Josie, at the Gate" (1 text)
Roud #38063
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Willie Met Me at the Gate (Reply to 'Meet Me, Josie, at the Gate')" [Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 55; Walking-Down-Broadway-Songster, p. 52]
File: WBSS062

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