Mandelin

DESCRIPTION: "There's a little old cabin on the Swanee shore far away, That's where my heart is longing night and day... Pretty little maiden waiting there for me by the shore. Mandelin, Mandelin, moon is shining on the fields of sugar cane... I love you"
AUTHOR: possibly John Thurland Chattaway
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: love home river
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 105, "Mandelin" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #11388
NOTES [34 words]: Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric suspects this is a much-worn-down version of John Thurland Chattaway's "Mandy Lee," published 1899. With only seven lines in Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric's version, it's hard to tell. - RBW
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File: Brne105

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