Castles in the Air (III)

DESCRIPTION: "The world is all a bubble, wherever we may go, There's nothing here but troubles, hardship, toil and woe." "This world is but a Castle in the Air." Shakespeare's, Burns's, Thomas Moore's works were written while building the castle.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (BarneyNoraSongster)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | castle air
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REFERENCES (6 citations):
BarneyNoraSongster, p. 38, "Castles in the Air" (1 text)
Cotton-DownInACoalMineSongster, p. 58, "Caslles in the Air" (1 text)
CentralParkShowSongster, p. 48, "Castles in the Air" (1 text)
Howes-GreatLondonFemaleMinstrelSongster, p. 18, "Castles in the Air" (1 text)
JohnnyRoach-GreatSensationSongster, p. 50, "Castles in the Air" (1 text)
JohnnyRoach-InternationalSongster, pp. 38-39, "Johnny Roach's Version of Castles in the Air" (1 text)
Roud #34650
NOTES [27 words]: The phrase "the world is all a bubble" dates back at least to 1731, in the English-language opera "Calista." But the song in that show is not the same as this. - RBW
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File: BaNo038

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