Abroad for Pleasure (Through the Groves II)

DESCRIPTION: "Through the grove as I was a-wand'ring, On one summer's evening clear, Who should I spy but a fair young damsel Lamenting for her shepherd dear." He asks what is her trouble. She says her true love has left her and she does not know where he is
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Palmer-FolkSongsCollectedBy-Ralph-VaughanWilliams); cf. 1850 (broadside Bodleian, Firth b.28(36))
KEYWORDS: love separation
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "THROUGH THE GROVES"
Palmer-FolkSongsCollectedBy-Ralph-VaughanWilliams, #117, "Through the Groves" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1046
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.28(36), "Abroad for pleasure," G Jacques (Manchester), c. 1850
File: VWP117

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