Old Arm Chair (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me from loving that old arm chair?" The singer calls it "sacred"; his mother sat in it -- and eventually died in it. "I love it, I love it, and cannot tear My soul from a mother's old arm chair"
AUTHOR: Words: Eliza Cook / Music: Henry Russell (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Heart-Songs)
KEYWORDS: mother love death
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Heart-Songs, pp. 270-271, "The Old Arm Chair" (1 text, 1 tune)
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #61, "The Old Arm-Chair" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 50 and #5/64, p. 50, "The Old Arm-Chair" (1 text)
ST HeSo270 (Partial)
Roud #13966
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.26(462)=Harding B 11(1138)=Johnson d.1773(p. 141v), "The old arm chair," Walker (Durham), 1797-1834; also Firth b.26(249), "The old arm-chair," A. Ryle and Co. (London), 1845-1859; also Harding B 11(1306), Firth c.17(59), H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Firth b.26(109), "The old arm-chair," C. Paul (London), n.d.; also Johnson Ballads 697, "The old arm-chair," J. Paul and Co. (London), 1838-1845); also Harding B 11(3789), "The old arm-chair," W. S. Fortey (London), 1858-1885; also Harding B 11(4402), "The old arm-chair," unknown, n.d.; also 2806 c.13(184)=Harding B 26(479), "The old arm-chair," unknown, n.d.
NOTES [47 words]: For background on Eliza Cook, see the notes to "Grandmother's Chair." For background on Henry Russell, see "Cheer, Boys, Cheer (II)." I find myself wondering if they wrote both this "The Old Arm Chair (I)" and "Grandmother's Chair"; I suspect a confusion of authors and titles - RBW
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