Sacker Shean's Little Girl

DESCRIPTION: "Now I am only Sacker Shean's poor little girl, you know, Who was cast upon this cruel world, No home, no place to go." Her mother is dead, her father a drunk. Wandering in the streets, she is finally taken in by a kind lady who gives her a home
AUTHOR: Joe Scott
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Family Herald, according to Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker)
KEYWORDS: orphan mother death rescue drink rejection
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker, pp. 325-329, "Sacker Shean's Little Girl" (2 texts)
Roud #25146
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Orphan Girl (The Orphan Child)" (theme)
File: ISco325

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