I Love my Love (II)

DESCRIPTION: "All my friends fell out with me/Because I kept my love's company." The singer must leave to go over the mountain because his fortune is low. "When I have gold she has her part/And when I have none she has my heart... And upon my honor I love her still."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (Cecil Sharp collection)
LONG DESCRIPTION: Singer says "All my friends fell out with me/Because I kept my love's company." He must leave to go over the mountain because his fortune is low. "When I have gold she has her part/And when I have none she has my heart/And she gained it too with a free good will/And upon my honor I love her still." "The winter's past and summer's come/The trees are budding one by one/And when my true love chooses to stay/I'll stay with her till the break of day"
KEYWORDS: poverty courting love sex parting travel lover
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 190, "I Love my Love" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3612
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One I Love, Two I Love" (lyrics)
NOTES [87 words]: It's hard to distinguish this from the plethora of songs with similar themes. The verses "All my friends fell out with me..." and "Over the mountain I must go/Because my fortune is so low/With an aching heart and a troubled mind/For leaving my true love behind" are good delineators.
Jean Ritchie used most of the lyrics for her song "One I Love," changing the sex of the singer and adding the chorus "One I love; two, he loves/Three, he's true to me" [Said chorus now being indexed as "One I Love, Two I Love." - RBW] - PJS
Last updated in version 6.4
File: ShAp190

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography

The Ballad Index Copyright 2023 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.