Juanita (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Soft o'er the fountain, Ling'ring falls the southern moon, Far o'er the muntain Breaks the day too soon." THe singer begs, "Nita! Juanita! Ask my soul if we should part!" "Leg me linger by thy side! Nita! Juanita! Be my own fair bride!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1862 (Dime-Song-Book #9)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 159-160, "Juanita (Waneta)" (1 text) (pp. 137-138 in the 1919 edition)
Heart-Songs, p. 371, "Juanita" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 127, "Juanita" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #9, p. 54, "Juanita" (1 text)
Harbin-Parodology, #315, p. 76, "Juanita" (1 text)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, pp. 22-23, "Juanita" (1 text, 1 tune)
National-4HClubSongBook, pp. 20-21, "Juanita" (1 text, 1 tune)
OneTuneMore, p. 31, "Juanita" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #14074
File: HMHS127B

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