“The Howes o' King-Edward”

Description

"Though lovely the land where in childhood I wandered," the singer looks back on a different, more gloomy world. He recalls happy days of the past; now, "O, changed are the Howes o' King-Edward to me!"

References

  1. Ord, pp. 339-340, "The Howes o' King-Edward" (1 text)
  2. Roud #3942
  3. BI, Ord339

About

Author: William Cruikshanks (died 1868)
Earliest date: 1930 (Ord)
Keywords: home nonballad
Found in: Britain(Scotland)