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Title
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My love is gone
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Singer
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Potter, Henry
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'An old curious song which I give in two versions, not because of any considerable differences of text, but in order to show the singular use of v for w made by many of the singers of folk songs in years past. I mentioned the matter in my introduction to the songs but I had not then seen any printed evidence of what I said. Upon finding the following versions I thought it worthwhile to produce both as an illustration of a peculiar and obsolete practice. First copy obtained of Henry Potter, Standlake, Oxfordshire.'
Note 2
The other song referred to is 'My love's dead' Wt 489 which Williams says he copied from a book.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
