He's Gone Back On Me
[No attribution is made for this song; no notes are provided. The song is based on an old English folk song (early 1800s) that is called "Farewell He," in the Traditional Ballad Index. Here are some US versions:
Belden, pp. 491-492, "Adieu to Cold Weather" (1 text plus mention of 2 more)
FSCatskills 41, "My Love Is Like a Dewdrop" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph 751, "Adieu to Dark Weather" (6 texts plus an excerpt, 5 tunes, all more or less related to this piece, though some are rather mixed; some of the texts reverse the male and female roles and some have a chorus)
Randolph/Cohen, pp. 491-493, "Adieu to Dark Weather" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 751A)
Gardner/Chickering 42, "Farewell He" (1 text); 43, "My Love Is on the Ocean" (1 text)
Combs/Wilgus 179, pp. 146-147, "To Cheer the Heart" (1 text)
SHenry H504, p. 347, "Farewell He" (1 text, 1 tune); compare also H241, p. 346, "The Blackbird and Thrush" (1 text, 1 tune)
R. Matteson 2014]
HE'S GONE BACK ON ME
Adieu to cold winter; away white frost
I'll sing and be merry, though my love is lost;
I'll sing and be merry as a nightingale in May,
I'll dance when I'm weary it's farewell to thee.
CHORUS
He's gone and he's left me, he's left me alone,
He's very much mistaken if he thinks I will moan;
For boys, they are plenty, far better than he,
I care nothing for him since he's gone back on me.