Folk songs include:

“Soldier Lad”, the lament of a young woman whose lover is going off to war.

The unnamed song that Hope at Merrybourne sings in her audition for Honey Taverner begins:

When I grew old enough for love
And promises, I whispered to my friend
‘As I grow old, I promise you, my love,
My love will grow and will not see an end.’

But…