Darling Cloe

DESCRIPTION: "In the old Carolina state, where the sweet magnolias bloom... There is one I long to see, She was ever true to me, And like mine I know her hair is turned to snow.... I'm going home to see my darling Clo/Cloe/Chloe."
AUTHOR: Words: Samuel N. Mitchell / Music: William A. Huntley (source: sheet mus9c(
EARLIEST DATE: 1879 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: love separation age
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 117, "Darling Cloe" (2 texts, 1 tune, both from the same informant, one from manuscript and one from memory)
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 266-267, "Darling Chloe" (1 short text)
Roud #11390
RECORDINGS:
Uncle Dave Macon, "In the Old Carolina State" (Vocalion 5005)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
I'm Going Home to Clo'
NOTES [43 words]: The various singers evidently tried to rationalize the name of this, but Jim Dixon located a copy of the sheet music which makes it clear that the title was "I'm Going Home to Clo'." Browne thought it of minstrel origin, and obviously it sounds like it. - RBW
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File: Brne117

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