Little Jim

DESCRIPTION: "The night was dark and stormy, The wind was howling wild. A patient mother watched beside The deathbed of her child." The mother prays for Little Jim. He he has no pain. He asks that she tell his coaler father goodbye, then dies; angels take him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (Abrahams/Riddle-ASingerAndHerSongs)
KEYWORDS: mother children death
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams/Riddle-ASingerAndHerSongs, pp. 105-107, "Little Jim" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3522
File: Abrr105

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