Marie Hare - Round Her Mantle So Green (033-03)



This song is about a man who returns from war and his lover does not initially recognize him when he says her love died in battle. He reveals himself eventually as her former lover and they get married.

This song is sung a cappella. The last words of the song, Nancy once more, are spoken, not sung. This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (004-01), (010-01), (021-01), (065-02), (066-01), (087-11), (097-03), and (101-01).