Mmm I Want to Linger

DESCRIPTION: "Mmm (or "Ooo," or just a hum) I want to linger, Mmm a little longer, Mmm a little longer here with you. Mmm it's such a perfect night, Mmm it doesn't seem quite right, Mmm that it should be my last with you.... Mmm this is goodnight and not goodbye."
AUTHOR: unknown (see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: farewell campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 341, 552, "Mmm I Want to Linger"/"Linger" (notes only)
DT, MMLINGER
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Ooo I want to linger
NOTES [96 words]: According to a thread on mudcat.org, something so similar that it can be considered the same song has lyrics written by Kermit Goell and copyrighted 1947. Under the title "I Wanna Be Friend of Yours," it was recorded by Nat King Cole later in that year. Whether this is actually the original I do not know. I do observe that it is not found in any of the early camp songbooks.
Jim Dixon pointed out a song "I Want to Linger," words by Stanley Murphy, music by Henry I. Marshall, 1914. I definitely would not consider it the same song, but perhaps it inspired something. - RBW
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File: ACSF341M

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