Flirring Away
DESCRIPTION: "I am longing so sadly... For the flowers that have blossomed and fled, For the hopes that about me were thronging, That at last area all withered and dead.... Flitting, flitting away, All that we cherish most dear." Everything is rapidly passing away
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: death nonballad flowers mourning
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 688, "Flitting Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: BrS5688
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