Break It Gently to My Mother
DESCRIPTION: "See! ere the sun sinks behind those hills, Ere darkness the earth doth cover, You will lay me low, in the cold, damp ground, Break it gently to my mother!" "Oh, say that in battle I've nobly died." "Good bye, my mother ever dear..."
AUTHOR: Words: Mary A. Griffith / Music: Frederick Buckley (source: Duke University Sheet Music Collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (sheet music published by S. Brainard's Sons)
KEYWORDS: death battle mother
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Driven-From-Home-Songster, p. 27, "Break It Gently to My Mother" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #199, p. 15, "Break It Gently to My Mother" (1 reference)
Roud #38027
File: DFHS027A
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