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8. It was over hills and under hills And in some lonesome valley; It was my love they took from me; It was all through spite and malice.
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The song was recorded by Dora Testerman, a student in Lincoln Memorial University, from the singing of her parents.
1.1 dreamed last night of my true-love; All in my arms I had her; Her pretty, yellow hair like strands of gold Lay dangling round my pillow.
2.1 waked in the morning and found her not; I was forced to do without her; I went unto her uncle's house, Inquiring for this lady.
3. He said that she was not there,
And neither would he keep her; I turned around to go away;
My love came to the window.
4. She said that she would come to me,
If doors nor locks did not hinder; I turned around and broke those locks; I broke them all asunder. |
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78 SONG BALLEN
(I rede to church last Sunday) Here is another song of lament for change of heart. This varies from the usual in having two parts — the man's and the girl's — both lamenting the broken engagement. The reference to a seaport indicates either an English attachment or lines taken from a song in which words pertaining to the sea are common. Note in Stanza 6 the use of the archaic "an" for "if" with perfect sense. Stanzas 7 and 8 are borrowed from other songs, only sometimes it is the boy and not the girl that expresses the lament. Cf. these stanzas with |
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