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JEALOUS LOVER (FLORELLA) Sung by: Mrs. Grace Hastings Recorded in Memphis, TN 8/19/60 Click here to listen to the original recording The moon was shining too, When through a cottage window, A jealous lover drew. "Come, love, and let us wander Down by the meadow gate, And in the hours of pondering We'll name our wedding date." Deep, deep, down in the valley He led his future wife, When suddenly behind him She saw the shining knife. "These woods seem dark and dreary And I'm afraid to roam." "You can say farewell forever To your parents and friends at home." "What have I done, dear Edward, That you would take my life? You know how much I love you, And would have been your wife." "You told me that you loved me; You knew it was a lie. You know you've been unfaithful. Floella, you must die." Down on her knees before him, She pleaded for her life. Into her snow-white bosom He plunged the fatal knife. The birds sang through the valley, And mournful were their songs, When they found their own Floella Lying lifeless on the ground. She died not brokenhearted, Nor over a lingering spell, But in one moment parted From the one she loved so well. (Dr. Wolf: "She learned this song from her mother just as she did the other one [Alice Mitchell and Freddy Ward].") Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #138, "The Jealous Lover"; Brown, Vol. II, #250, "Florella"; Belden, p. 324, "Florella." |
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