“Queen of Hearts”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1973
Found in: Britain
Description
"To the Queen of Hearts goes the Ace of sorrow... Young men are plenty but sweethearts few; If my love leaves me, what shall I do?" The singer talks of her wealth and family, "But I'll leave them all to go with you."
Cross references
- cf. "I Know My Love"
Broadsides
- Murray, Mu23-y1:105, "The Wheel of Fortune," James Lindsay (Glasgow), 19C [extremely mixed, with the "Wheel of Fortune" verse, a thyme stanza, a bit of "Fair and Tender Ladies," a "Queen of Heart" verse, and more]
References
- Silber-FSWB, p. 153, "Queen of Hearts" (1 text)
- DT, QUNHEART*
- Roud #3195
- BI, FSWB153
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