Emma Snow

DESCRIPTION: "Way down in Alabama Not very long ago, I knew a yellow charmer And her name was Emma Snow." But now "I shall never, never see My Emma dear again." But she was bitten by a snake and was found dead
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (ChristysPlantationMelodies-1)
KEYWORDS: love courting death | snake
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
ChristysPlantationMelodies-1, p. 39, "Emma Snow" (1 text)
NegroMelodiesNo5-OldZipCoon, p. 72, "Emma Snow" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #284, p. 20, "Charming Emma Snow" (2 references)
DT, EMMASNOW
Roud #23206
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Dearest Mae" (tune)
File: CPM1040

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