Trundle Bed

DESCRIPTION: "As I rummaged through the attic, List'ning to the falling rain," the singer sees the trundle bed in the corner. It reminds him of his mother's singing, and the prayers she said for him. She is long dead, but her memory still inspires his faith
AUTHOR: J. C. Baker
EARLIEST DATE: 1866 (Dime-Song-Book #19)
KEYWORDS: mother death
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dime-Song-Book #19, pp. 51-52, "My Trundle Bed" (1 text)
Heart-Songs, pp. 234-235, "My Trundle-Bed" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15496
File: HeSo234

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