I Stood on the Shore

DESCRIPTION: "I stood by the shore 'mid a weeping and wailing Of friends that were parting, it might be for day." A despairing mother and her baby watch as the father goes to war. The singer weeps to see it. We should care for the children of soldiers
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (ArtfulJoeSongster)
KEYWORDS: ship soldier baby separation mother
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ArtfulJoeSongster, p. 4, "I Stood by the Shore" (1 text)
Roud #17551
File: ArJS004

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