Frozen Limb, The

DESCRIPTION: "One cold frosty morning As her father lay sleeping I tapped at the window Where Mary did lay." He begs her to let him in; "My limbs are all frozen." She says she finds him quite warm. He must leave, but she hopes he will return so she can thaw him again
AUTHOR: George Howland and Frederick H. Russell (source: Miller)
EARLIEST DATE: 1877 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: love courting | cold freezing warmth thaw
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 17, "The Frozen Limb" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Pamela A. Miller, _And the Whale Is Ours: Creative Writing of American Whalemen_, David R. Godine/Kendall Whaling Museum, 1979, pp. 77-79, "Frozen Limb" (1 text)

Roud #31324
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Mowing the Barley (Cold and Raw)" (plot elements)
File: WhCre077

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