Gathering the sweet mistletoe.
[Dundee?] : Poet's Box,
[1880-1900?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
In one column.
'Sung with immense success by Tom Bowling. New songs out every week'.
'This popular song can always be had at the Poet's Box'.
First lines read: Now, often I'm asked why I'm always so sad / When jolly King Christmas is near, / And why I prefer the country to town / At this happy time of the year? / Just listen, I'll tell you, 'twas at Christmas I fell / In love with my dear little Lou, / In a dear country glade when together we strayed / Gathering the sweet mistletoe.
Ballads, English