Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan-songbook

A Collection of 200+ traditional songs & variations with commentaries including Lyrics & Sheet music

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	n8         Ballads and Songs of Michigan 7   Upstairs he went, the door he broke, And there he found her hanging on a rope. He took his knife and cut her down, And upon her breast these words were found: 8   "What a foolish, foolish girl was I To hang myself for a soldier boy. I've wished, I've wished, I've wished in vain That I could once be born again. 9   "But that can never, never be, For an orange can't grow on an apple tree. Go dig my grave both wide and deep; Put a marble stone at my head and feet. io "Upon my finger a diamond ring To show the world I died for him. Upon my breast a turtle dove To show the world I died for love."
	B Obtained in 1931 by Miss Kathryn Bowman, Detroit, from the singing of her aunt, Mrs. Peter Miller, West Branch, who had learned the song from hearing it in a lumber camp at West Branch. A good text of eight stanzas.