When the Swallows Homeward Fly

DESCRIPTION: "When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie... When I thus your image lose, Can I, ah, can I e'er know repose?" "Hush, my heart! Why thus complain? I shall see thy form again, Though today we part in pain."
AUTHOR: Franz Abt (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1860 (Bodleian, Harding B 18(562)); 1909 (Heart-Songs)
KEYWORDS: bird love separation
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Heart-Songs, p. 85, "When the Swallows" (1 text, 1 tune)
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #110, "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" (1 text); #186, "Wenn Die Scwalben Heimwartz Ziehen" (1 German text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, pp. 128-129, "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 11 and #5/64, p. 11, "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" (1 text)
Roud #15358
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 18(562), "When the Swallows Homeward Fly," C. Magnus (New York), c. 1860
NOTES [54 words]: This is known mostly from broadsides (a good demonstration of just how awful broadsides could be), but apparently there are a few hints of it in tradition, so I've indexed it. I just hope I don't have to read it again.... Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd implies that the German version is older, but I have no proof of that. - RBW
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File: HeSo085

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