Klondiker's Return, The

DESCRIPTION: "From the field of gold I come, Sweet Marie, Will you kiss me welcome home, Love, to thee?" The singer comes home starved, sick, and poor. He says that she will recognize him once he has been fed up and regained his strength
AUTHOR: C. Curtis?
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Klondike Nugget, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: work mining separation return reunion food gold
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 678-679, "The Klondiker's Return" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sweet Marie" (tune) and references there
File: CAFS2678

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