“Why Don't You Love the Old Love?”
Description
The singer is a stranger to this country. When an old love's back is turned she can love whom she pleases. "To me she gives nothing, Who loved her so dear" "I'll dress you my darling And take you away. Into New York we'll be sailing"
Notes
There are floating lines rather than floating verses. Lines like "You can love whom you please", "When first to this country A stranger I came", and "Green grow the rushes And the tops of them small" are combined with lines that don't float. Some verses don't seem to float at all. - BS
Recordings
- Tom Lenihan, "Why Don't You Love the Old Love?" (on IRTLenihan01)
References
- Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan 33, "Why Don't You Love the Old Love?" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #5216
- BI, RcWDYLTO