I Dreamed I Met Mother and Daddy

DESCRIPTION: "It seemed I had traveled for ages Through the valleys of shadow and night" when the singer comes to a bright place labeled "God's City of Light." He dreams he meets his mother and father. He will work hard to earn the right to meet them there
AUTHOR: Albert E. Brumley (1905-1977) (source: Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 ("Charming Bells of Spring," according to Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
KEYWORDS: mother father death reunion religious dream
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley 13, "I Dreamed I Met Mother and Daddy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V10143
RECORDINGS:
J. B. Whitmire's Blue Sky Trio, "I Dreamed I Met Mother And Daddy" (Montgomery Ward 7721)
NOTES [34 words]: I can't help but note a logical problem here: If the singer dreamed he met his mother and father, why should he assume that the dream was true? Perhaps he had a vision, but that's a different thing.... - RBW
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File: ABLL013

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