As the gentle turtle doves
- DMI number:
- 614
- First Line:
- As the gentle turtle doves
- Last Line:
- I'd die a martyr to love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Joseph Mitchell
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of 'A Song' ('Leave kindred and friends sweet lady'). Mitchell (1729) II: 250-251.
- First Line:
- Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty
- Last Line:
- I'd die a martyr to love
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Musical Miscellany [v.3] [not Suarez?] [T118842] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.65-67
- Poem Title:
- Blink over the Burn, Sweet Betty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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