Where No Cabins Fall

DESCRIPTION: "As my heart wanders back to that quiet little shack Where in childhood I used to play," the singer was happy with Mother, Dad, and prayer. Now he's "drifted away," but he wishes he could go back. But he can't go back "till he [God] shall call"
AUTHOR: Nolan Jeffress (source: Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 ("Rainbow Gleams," according to Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
KEYWORDS: home death nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley 52, "Where No Cabins Fall" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Southern Home" (theme)
NOTES [49 words]: This is so close to "Southern Home" in theme and vocabulary that I seriously thought about lumping them. But although the plot is the same, and they use many of the same words, they don't assemble the words in the same order. I wonder a little if the two didn't inspire each other, though. - RBW
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File: ABLT052

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