The Lass of Swansea Town [Mercer]
Ballad of a woman waiting eight years for her soldier sweetheart. At first he [the soldier] tells her her lover had been killed in battle, then he relents, show his identifiying scar, and they are re-united. Mercer, 144, 259; Peacock, 1965: 547. Quite possibly related to Laws N31 (ABBB) "Waterl...
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1987
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/2650 |
| Summary: | Ballad of a woman waiting eight years for her soldier sweetheart. At first he [the soldier] tells her her lover had been killed in battle, then he relents, show his identifiying scar, and they are re-united. Mercer, 144, 259; Peacock, 1965: 547. Quite possibly related to Laws N31 (ABBB) "Waterloo II". |
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