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| Style/genre: | Folk ballad / story song |
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| Background: | This is the story of a young suitor who asks his/her beloved for her /his hand. Told like a (very short) fairy tale, at the center of the story is the old, colorful cart of a snake-oil salesman who claims to sell a love potion. A surprise ending brings it all together. |
| Singer(s): | A person in love. |
| Description: | A suitor, about to ask for his true love's hand, panics and considers the offering of a love potion salesman -- whom he and all the townspeople formerly ridiculed. |