Ditches Break Again No More

DESCRIPTION: "Oh how well do I remember, when thoughts of bygone days...." "'Tis the song and the prayer of the people, Ditches, ditches, break again no more. Many times we have mended places in which you broke before." He remembers long old dresses on his mother
AUTHOR: Moses E. Gifford (source: Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: work hardtimes clothes mother father farming derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 153-154, "Ditches Break Again No More" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10867
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Hard Times Come Again No More" (tune) and references there
File: ChMS153

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