Farewell, My Dear Mother

DESCRIPTION: "Farewell, my dear mother (x3), Mother, mother, mother, mother." "For now I must leave you... Leave you, leave you, leave you, leave you." "I'll meet you in heaven.... Heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro)
KEYWORDS: mother death religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, pp. 52-53, "Farewell, My Dear Mother" (1 text)
Roud #12069
File: FSAN052

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