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Yander Comes My True Love/Yonder Comes my True Love
Old-Time Breakdown and Song
ARTIST: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 27.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
EARLIEST DATE: 1930s
RECORDING INFO: Yonder Comes My True Love
Thede, Marion (ed.) / The Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 27b [1930s] (Yander Comes My True Love)
SOURCES: Folk Index; Kuntz
NOTES: The lyrics to Yander/Yonder Comes My True Love are found in a number of related songs including Tommy Jarell's "Train on the Island" and Obray Arlin Ramsey's "Yonder comes my true love."
Tommy Jarrell:
Yonder comes my true love, how do you reckon I know,
I tell her by her apron strings, tied up in a double bow.
YANDER COMES MY TRUE LOVE- Thede: Described by Thede as a "Yankee love song."
Yander comes my true love
O how do you know her
I know her by her walk and I know her by her talk
And her shoe strings flappin' on the floor.
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