Don't Be Angry, Mother

DESCRIPTION: "Don't be angry, mother, mother, Let your smiles be smiles of joy." They have been separated for years after she went overseas. "I don't deserve thy favour, Yet I fondly love thee still." "Smile on me now that you're returened."
AUTHOR: "Written & Sung by Master Adams of Kunkel's Nightingale Opera Troupe" (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (CatherineHayesSwanOfErinSongster); the sheet music has an 1852 copyright
KEYWORDS: mother children separation reunion
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
CatherineHayesSwanOfErinSongster, p. 35, "Don't Be Angry, Mother" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #506, p. 34, "Don't Be Angry, Mother" (2 references)
Roud #38082
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2029, "Don't Be Angry, Mother," unknown, n.d.
File: CHSW035

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