Cold Mountains

DESCRIPTION: "Cold mountains here are all around me, Cold waters gliding down the stream; Oft in my sleep I think I find her But when I wake it's all a dream." The singer seeks his love, who is gone or has rejected him or is left behind at home; he bids her farewell
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: love separation farewell
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 277, "Cold Mountains" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 277, "Cold Mountains" (2 tune plus text excerpta)
Roud #16858
RECORDINGS:
Texas Gladden, "Cold Mountains" (on USTGladden01)
File: Br3277

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