As indicated by Leah, Stecher had only a fragment from John Cohen and constructed the rest:

LOVE FAREWELL

Oh my little hon', you know that I love you
There's nothing in this world I love like I love you
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

Oh my little hon', you don't do me better
I'll build me a boat and I'll float down the river
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

Goin' down the road, road mighty muddy
Slippin' and a-slidin' and I can't walk steady
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

Boat begin to rock, I begin to shiver
Oh my little hon', I'm a-floatin' down the river
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

I had a wife, she was a weaver
She wouldn't weave and I wouldn't either
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

Goodbye wife, goodbye baby
Goodbye biscuits sopped in gravy
To my love farewell, (to) my land farewell
We're all a-marching away farewell

Instrument

Repeat stanza 1.

Source: transcription of 'Love Farewell' on Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin 'A Song That Will Linger' Rounder CD 0274 [1989].


--Stewie.