“Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair”

Description

Dermot speaks to Nora from the window at night. She will not marry him because her parents oppose him. She would be ruined if he's found at her window. A hand clutches his head and a voice says, as he runs, "Won't you leave us a lock of your hair?"

Notes

According to broadside Murray Mu23-y1:139, the tune of this is "The Low Back'd Car." It's not clear which song of that name is meant.

Broadsides

  • Bodleian, Firth b.27(19), "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair", unknown, n.d.
  • Murray, Mu23-y1:139, "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair", Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1865

References

  1. O'Conor, pp. 103-104, "Won't You Leave Us a Lock of Your Hair" (1 text)
  2. BI, OCon103

About

Author: J.J. Waller (? John Francis Waller 1809-?)
Earliest date: 1865 (broadside, Murray Mu23-y1:139)