The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71063 Message #1213511
Posted By: Mary Humphreys
24-Jun-04 - 09:37 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Go and leave me if you wish it
Subject: RE: Origins: Go and leave me if you wish it
It is a song found in Newfoundland ( See the Kenneth Peacock collection ) and also earlier variants in the Greig-Duncan collection of Scots folk songs.
If you want me to give you the texts I can type them out for you.Just PM me.
Derivatives are also found in the USA in such songs as 'Pal of Mine'
Mary Humphreys