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James A. Garfield is dead. Oh, Mr. James A. Garfield is dead. I will weep like a willow, And I'll mourn like a dove; Mr. James A. Garfield is dead. XI. Here are grouped songs whose main theme is love, sub- divided as below. Many are hardly "popular" in the strict sense: though current among the folk, they differ from the true folk-song, or "song-ballet." On the other hand, many bear a striking resemblance to certain of those listed in I and II, above. 1. Songs* of Constant Love. AvoNiA (Red Riv...ee Valley), ii,4a3b4c3b and 4a3b4c3b 4 : A constant lover's song of farewell to Helen, as she leaves the vale of Avonia. Baenby and Kate, 4abab, 6: Barney, maudlin with drink, comes one winter's night to Kate's window and im- 23 plores her to admit him. She sends him packing. He goes away whistling, rejoicing in her chastity. Kitty Wells, 4ababcdcd and 3abab, 3. Her lover's la- ment upon her death. The refrain is: ■"While the birds they were singing in the morning, And the ivy and the myrtle were in bloom, The sun on the hill-top was dawning.
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