Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye

DESCRIPTION: "The bright stars fade, the morn is breaking, The dewdrops pearl each bud and leaf." The singer must leave, and bids, "Goodbye, sweetheart, goodbye." "The sun is up, the lark is soaring," but despite saying goodbye, he cannot bring himself to leave
AUTHOR: J. L. Hatton (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: before 1855 (broadside Bodleian Harding B 11(2784))
KEYWORDS: love separation nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Heart-Songs, pp. 160-161, "Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13897
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.25(62)=Firth c.12(437)=Harding B 11(2565), "Good bye, sweetheart, good bye," J. T. Burdett (London), c. 1855; also Harding B 11(2783), "Good bye, sweetheart, good bye," (Ryle and Paul, London), 1838-1859; also Harding B 11(2784), "Good bye, sweetheart, good bye," H. Such (London), 1863-1855; also Harding B 11(2787), "Good bye, sweetheart, good bye," W. S. Fortey (London), 1858-1885; Firth c.26(68), "Good-bye, sweetheart, good-bye," T. Pearson (Manchester), 1850-1899; also Harding B 14(106), "Good-bye sweetheart," unknown, n.d.; also Firth b.27(170), "Good bye, sweetheart, goodbye," unknown, n.d.; also 2806 c.16(92)=Firth c.26(117)=Harding B 11(2483), "Good-bye, sweetheart," unknown, n.d.
File: HeSo160

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