My Little Valley Home
DESCRIPTION: "In Carolina's clime I spent a happy time, Along with Rhoda Gray. In a sweet little vale... Our sweet little cottage lay. The singer will not forget "That sweet little valley home." Rhoda is dead and buried, but the singer still sees her and their home
AUTHOR: Harry Devere (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (sheet music published by Lee & Walker, Pennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: marriage home death rambling
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Jim-the-Carter-Lad-Songster, p. 16, "My Little Valley Home" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #11, p. 46, "My Little Valley Home" (1 text)
Roud #29209
NOTES [18 words]: Note that there are several songs by this title; this entry refers to the one claimed by Harry Devere. - RBW
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File: JCLS016
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