Driven from Home

DESCRIPTION: "Out in this cold world, out in the street, Asking a penny of each one I meet." "Fatherless, motherless, sadly I roam, A child of misfortune, I'm driven from home." No one will help. The child will wander until God's messenger comes
AUTHOR: Will S. Hays (source: sheet music catalog published by John L. Peters)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Peters catalog)
KEYWORDS: orphan hardtimes begging
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Driven-From-Home-Songster, p. 3, "Driven from Home" (1 text)
Jim-the-Carter-Lad-Songster, pp. 52-53, "Driven from Home" (1 text)
Spaeth-WeepSomeMoreMyLady, pp. 40-41, "Driven from Home" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #24485
NOTES [30 words]: This is sort of the concentrated essence of orphan tearjerker songs. Which, if anything, makes it less effective, because there are no precise details. We've heard it all before. - RBW
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File: DFHS003

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