Venus, My Shining Star

DESCRIPTION: "Some think to love another is vain, But with them I disagree, None has ever come... 'Twixt Venus, my lover, and me. Venus, my star-kindled lover.... Sweet Venus mine, None as bright as my darling, So far, far above... I think how dear I love you...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 8, "Venus, My Shining Star" (1 text, 1 tune, probably defective)
Roud #11379
NOTES [48 words]: George M. Cohan wrote a piece, "Venus, My Shining Love," in 1894. I would not call this the same. But they might well have come from the same roots -- this looks like what would result if someone heard the Cohan song, remembered only a few fragments, and tried to turn it into a song. - RBW
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