Sweet Long Ago

DESCRIPTION: "There's a mystic golden shore Where the surges evermore Break in music on the strand soft and low. I can hear the ceaseless hymn, I can see the headland dim Of the golden shores of sweet long ago, Long ago, sweet long ago...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 728, "Sweet Long Ago" (1 short text, 1 tune)
NOTES [17 words]: The current description is based on the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 fragment. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.1
File: BrS5728

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