Drunkard's Home, The

DESCRIPTION: "No sun shines bright, no smiling face, No loving words to cheer and bless, But only woe and deep distress, No peace, no joy or songs of love, To [???] above, But is there and woe and gloom, Within the wretched drunkard's home."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: drink home
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 663, "The Drunkard's Home" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
NOTES [42 words]: I wouldn't be surprised if this is a fragment of another drunkard song (perhaps a "Drunkard's Doom," not a "Drunkard's Home") -- but with less than a complete stanza in the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 text, I can't identify it. - RBW
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File: BrS5663

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