You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim (Old Home Jim, Ragged Jim)

DESCRIPTION: "You're going to leave your old home, Jim, today you're going away." Mother speaks as her boy prepares to go to the city; she says "the old home will be lonely" but he will always be welcome back. When city life fails, he comes back to mother
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Burton/Manning)
KEYWORDS: mother separation home return
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol1, pp. 20-21, "Old Home Jim" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7121
File: BuMa1020

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