“I'll Cheer Up My Heart”
Description
"As I was a-walking ae May morning... There I saw my faithless lover...." "Well, since he's gane, joy gang wi' him.... I'll never lay a' my love upon ane." She laments her lost love, who prefers a rich girl, but will not let the grief ruin her life
Cross references
- cf. "Farewell He" (subject) and references there
References
- Ord, p. 177, "I'll Cheer Up My Heart" (1 text)
- Roud #5563
- BI, Ord177