| Author | Topic: Add: Farewell He! | |
| dmcg | Posted - 28 Dec 02 - 04:56 pm | |
Farewell He! It is fare-thee-well, cold winter, It is fare-thee-well, cold frost; There is nothing I have gained, But a lover I have lost. I will sing and I'll be merry, And I clap my hands with glee And I rest when I am weary, Let him go then - farewell he! It was last fall that my lover Gave to me a diamond ring. O, I know not what he thought me, But a vain and foolish thing. If he prove to be unskilful, Cannot win my heart from me, I will prove a maiden wilful, Let him go with - farewell he! If he has another sweetheart, And he tells me so in joke, Why I care not, be they twenty, He will never me provoke. Well, and if he likes another, And together they agree, I can also find a lover, Let him go with - farewell he! Add half a pound of reason, Half an ounce of common sense, Add a sprig of thyme in season, And as much of sage prudence, Prithee mix them well together, Then I think you'll plainly see, He's no lad for windy weather, Let him go with - farewell he! Source: Baring-Gould, S, and Fleetwood Sheppard, H,A Garland of Country Song,London,1895 Database entry is here. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 29 Dec 02 - 01:30 am | |
"Farewell He" at the Bodleian Library collection: Farewell he ("Its fare you well cold winter and fare you well cold frost ...") Harding B 11(2298) Imprint: J. Ctanach [sic], Printer, 2, Monmouth-court (Date: between 1813 and 1838) Farewell he ("Farewell, cold winter, and farewell cold frost ...") Harding B 28(182) Imprint: Printed for W. Armstrong, Banastre-street (Liverpool) (Date: between 1820 and 1824) Farewell he ("Farewell cold winter and farewell cold frost ...") Johnson Ballads 2085 Imprint: C. Croshaw, Printer, Coppergate, York (Date: between 1814 and 1850) [Fare] thee well cold winter ("Oh, fare thee well cold winter ...") Johnson Ballads 2487 Printer: [s.n.] ([s.l.]) Date: [s.a.] | ||
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