“I've Travelled This Country (Last Friday Evening)”
Description
"I've traveled this country both early and late; Hard has been my fortune and sad has been my fate." He comes to his love's home and sees her with another man. He gets drunk and/or questions her and wishes he were a fisherman and could catch her
Cross references
- cf. "Green Grows the Laurel (Green Grow the Lilacs)" (floating lyrics)
- cf. "Farewell Ballymoney (Loving Hannah; Lovely Molly)" (floating lyrics)
- cf. "If I Were a Fisher" (floating lyrics) and references there
References
- Belden, p. 194, "Last Friday Evening" (1 text)
- Scarborough-SongCatcher, p. 333, "Lovely Polly" (1 text; tune on p. 447)
- Roud #1795
- BI, Beld194