The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36212 Message #500219
Posted By: Joe_F
06-Jul-01 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Well Met, My Own True Love
Subject: RE: Well met, my own true love
It's descended from "James Harris (the Daemon Lover)", Child 243. Originally the seducer is the ghost of the woman's former lover; in later versions he is the devil, who (as usual) disappears when the song gets to America.