On a Cold Winter's Eve

DESCRIPTION: "On a cold winter's eve when the snow was fast falling, In a small humble cottage a poor mother lay, Although wracked with pain, she lay there well-contented, WIth Christ as her friend...." She bids farewell and says her family will meet again
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1932 (Henry)
KEYWORDS: death religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cambiaire-EastTennesseeWestVirginiaMountainBallads, p. 33, "On a Cold WInter's Eve" (1 text)
Henry-SongsSungInTheSouthernAppalachians, p. 203, "On a Cold Winter's Eve" (1 text, probably from the same source as Cambiaire-EastTennesseeWestVirginiaMountainBallads's)
Roud #12637
ALTERNATE TITLES:
One Cold Winter's Eve
File: Camb033

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