Spinning Wheel (I), The

DESCRIPTION: A young man comes courting the girl, praising her beauty and kissing her hand, "But yet I turned my spinning wheel." At last he proposes (marriage/a roll in the hay); she (accepts and leaves her wheel/orders him away)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE:
KEYWORDS: love courting technology work rejection marriage
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arnett, pp. 12-13, "The Spinning Wheel" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, SPINWHL2*
File: Arn012

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