Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (I)

DESCRIPTION: Motion song. "Under the spreading chestnut tree, When I held you on my knee, We were [or "danced"] happy as we could be, Under the spreading chestnut tree."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 517, "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" (notes only)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, p. 44, "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 57, "The Chest-nut Tree" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Down in the Dungeons Seven Feet Deep" (tune)
cf. "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (II)"
NOTES [18 words]: Note that this is not Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith," although surely there is common influence. - RBW
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File: ACSF517U

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