For comparison, here is "Fond Affection" from the Max Hunter Collection. Related? : Fond Affection

Lyr. Add: FOND AFFECTION

O, once I loved with fond affection
My thoughts were all of him I know
Until some dark eyed girl betrayed me
An' now he's left me all alone.

Chorus:
So, if he's gone, just let him wander
I hope I never cross his path
For in his heart he loves another
And in my grave, I'd rather be.

A many a night, while he lies sleeping
A dreaming o'er his sweet repose
That I poor girl, lay broken hearted
An' listen to the winds that blow.

There's just three things that love, I ask thee
My shroud, my coffin an' my grave
And when I'm dead, love come an' see me
An' kiss the girl you once betrayed.

Mrs. Norma Kissner, Arkansas, 1960.

Variants: Little Darling Pal Of Mine. (0823 in Max Hunter Coll.)
Other collections:
Randolph IV-no. 755 The Broken Heart
Belden p. 209
Brown II no. 153 Fond Affection

Sharp's 167C IS a doosie! And "Oh Molly Dear" has black hair! A lot turned up with a simple request for "age."