“We Part My Love to Meet Nae Mair”

Description

"We part, my love, to meet nae mair, 'Tis cruel fate's decree; And a' the waes o' bleak despair This widowed heart maun dree." The singer recalls his lost love. He hopes to be reunited with her in death

References

  1. Ord, p. 364, "We Part, My Love, To Meet Nae Mair" (1 text)
  2. Roud #4595
  3. BI, Ord364

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1930 (Ord); Ord claims a date of 1817
Keywords: death separation
Found in: Britain(Scotland)