Write My Mother I'll Be Home

DESCRIPTION: "There is somewhere the sun is shining, There is somewhere a little rain." The singer asks that a letter tell his mother he'll be home someday. The white folks have him on a chain gang. He asks Stella if he can be her fellow; she has another beau
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: prison home mother courting rejection
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 353, "Write My Mother I'll Be Home" (1 text)
Roud #11731
File: Br3353

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