“Caledonia (III -- Jean and Caledonia)”
Description
"Sair, sair was my heart, an' the tears stood in my een As I viewed my native hills an' I thought upon my Jean." Pressed by poverty (?), the two sadly part; he promises to be true, and wed no other, and someday to come back to marry her
Cross references
- cf. "Erin's Flowery Vale (The Irish Girl's Lament)" [Laws O29] (plot) and references there
References
- Ford-Vagabond, pp. 237-239, "Jean and Caledonia" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Ord, p. 116, "Jean and Caledonia" (1 text)
- Roud #3801
- BI, FVS237