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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Aug-14 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Who wrote The Night Visiting Song
Subject: RE: Origins: Who wrote The Night Visiting Song
"Willy O" was posted in the thread Lyr. Add: Willy O, 04 Aug. 03.
It is a simple song of a visit by the ghost of the girl's lover.
The cock only seems to indicate that dawn was breaking.
They spent the night in deep discoursing,
Concerning their courtship sometime ago,
They kissed, shook hands with sorrowful parting,
Just as the cock began to crow.
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