Dear Annie

DESCRIPTION: "My heart's most broken, And I have wondered why, I'm left without a token, Without one Annie's smile." "I know it was wrong to leave her, To leave against her will, But blame not me, dear Annie, I fondly love you still"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: separation love
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore4 321, "Dear Annie; I Left My Love in England" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, W Amos Abrams, "Della Adams Bostic: Sweet Singer of Old Songs," Vol. XXI, No. 3 (Sep 1973), pp. 144-145, "Dear Annie" (1 text)
Roud #6652
File: BrS4321

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