Mollie Darling

DESCRIPTION: "Won't you tell me, Mollie darling, That you love none else but me? For I love you, Mollie darling; You are all the world to me." He asks that her answer be a kiss. When he says goodbye, he asks her to dream of him
AUTHOR: Will S. Hays (source: Dime-Song-Book #30)
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (Dime-Song-Book #30)
KEYWORDS: love courting separation dream flowers
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE,So)
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, pp. 82-83, "Mollie Darling" (1 text, 1 tune)
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, p. 128, "Mollie Darling" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 708, "Molly Darling"; 709, "Molly Darling" (2 short texts, 2 tunes)
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 30, "Mollie Darling" (2 texts plus a fragment, an excerpt of a fourth, and mention of a fifth; 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 41, "Mollie Darling" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #30, pp. 6-7, "Molie Darling" (1 text)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, W Amos Abrams, "Della Adams Bostic: Sweet Singer of Old Songs," Vol. XXI, No. 3 (Sep 1973), p. 141, "Molly Darling" (1 text)
Roud #4966
File: BrS5708

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