Where Go the Boats? (Dark Brown is the River)

DESCRIPTION: "Dark brown is the river. Golden is the sand. It flows along for ever With trees on either hand." "Green leaves a-floating... Boats of mine a-boating -- Where will all come home?" "Away down the river... Other little children Shall bring my boats ashore"
AUTHOR: Words: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
EARLIEST DATE: 1885 (source: www.poetrybyheart.org.uk)
KEYWORDS: river ship travel campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 194, 195, 339, 463, 472, "Dark Brown is the River" (notes only)
GirlScout-PocketSongbook, "Where Go the Boats" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Stenka Razin" (tune, according to internet sites)
NOTES [30 words]: I suspect this is sung to multiple tunes; some Internet sites and recent scouting books list "Stenka Razin," but GirlScout-PocketSongbook lists the tune as by Jessie W. White. - RBW
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