Shells of the Ocean (I)

DESCRIPTION: "One summer eve, with pensive thought. I wandered on the sea-beat shore, Where oft in heedless infant thought" he had gathered shells. He dreams again of being young. Back then, he had thrown all his toys away; thus "we leave them... like a child"
AUTHOR: J. W. Cherry (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Heart-Songs)
KEYWORDS: dream children nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Heart-Songs, pp. 254-255, "I Wandered by the Sea-Beat Shore" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #1/72, p. 57 and #1/64 p. 39, "Shells of the Ocean" (1 text)
Roud #13817
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(3494)=Johnson Ballads 1126, "The Shells of the Ocean," A. Ryle and Co, (London), 1845-1859; also Johnson Ballads 602, Johnson Ballads 603=Johnson Ballads 604, Harding B 15(286a)=Harding B 15(286b), 2806 b.11(249), "Shells of the Ocean," E. M. A. Hodges (London), 1846-1854; also Harding B 11(4094), "Shells of the Ocean," J. D. Bebbington (Manchester), c. 1850; also Harding B 11(3493)=Johnson Ballads 2838=Johnson Ballads 2839, unknown, n.d.; also Harding B 11(3694), "Shells of the Ocean," J. Marks (London), c. 1855; also Harding B 11(542), "Shells of the Ocean," W. S. Fortey (London), 1858-1885; also Firth b.27(52), "Shells of the Ocean," unknown, n.d.; Firth c.14(61), "Shells of the Ocean," W. R. Walker/B. Stewart (Newcastle/Carlisla), c. 1860; also Harding B 26(600), "Shells of the Ocean," J. Moore (Belfast), 1846-1852; also Harding B 11(2333), "Shells of the Ocean," H. Such (London), 1863-1885
File: HeSo254

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