Old TB, The

DESCRIPTION: "The story of two and they loved each other, More than anyone ever know; The girl, she took the old consumption." They go to the mountain to try to cure her. Both of them die. They are buried together.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol2)
KEYWORDS: love death disease
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol2, p. 98, "The Old TB" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7134
RECORDINGS:
Lilly Brothers, "They Sleep Together Now At Rest" (Page 505, 1948?)
File: BuMa098

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