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Thread #147948 Message #3431722
Posted By: GUEST,tsmithmuslib
06-Nov-12 - 06:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: English folk song enquiry
Subject: Origins: English folk song enquiry
Someone has asked me to track down a folk song but they only have a few bits of information. It's an English ballad, sung from the perspective of a woman who is in love with a madman. The song ends with him being taken away and she simply accepts it, despite being left with her children. The only line he can remember is "o'er the lea."