Twas of One Summer's Morning (The Maid's Lament)

DESCRIPTION: The singer is told "my love was quite gone away" He says, "how shall I get married?" He hugs and kisses her "Till she had changed her mind She changes with the weathercock." "How shall I get married"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople)
KEYWORDS: love marriage rejection nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople, pp. 233-234, "(O 'twas of one summer's morning)" (1 fragment)
Roud #1684
File: ReSh233A

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