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"Helen of Kirkconnell" (traditional Scottish ballad)
Anonymous · traditional Scottish ballad
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Documented 1843
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“It seems to have been suggested by remembrance of the beautiful ballad, _Helen of Kirconnel Lee_, which once she loved to recite, and in tones that would not have sent a chill to the heart from which it came.”
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.
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“I wish I were where Helen lies" / A lover in the tears of old, / Thus vents his grief in lonely sighs / And hot tears from a bosom cold. [...] When "in thy arms byrd Helen fell”
Fuller, Margaret. "I Wish I Were Where Helen Lies." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 3, Folder: 129.