Virginia Rosebud, or, The Lost Child

DESCRIPTION: "I had a bud -- 'twas in my garden growing -- A slip I nourished with a father's care." "One night I left her on her pallet sleeping, And in the morning she was stole away." His "tears they flowed... like the rain."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (ChristysPlantationMelodies-1)
KEYWORDS: children father abduction | kidnapping
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
ChristysPlantationMelodies-1, pp. 42-43, "The Virginia Rose-Bud; or, The Lost Child" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2463, p. 166, "The Virginia Rose-Bud, or, The Lost Child" (5 references)
Dime-Song-Book #31, p. 36, "The Lost Child" (1 text)
Roud #13984
NOTES [32 words]: Some of the many sheet music and broadside prints of this say it was sung by F. Leslie, and one says it is copyrighted by Lee & Walker, but I've not yet seen a copy that lists an author. - RBW
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File: CPM1-42

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