Darling Minnie Lee

DESCRIPTION: "Where the violets are blooming, Smiling in the gentle breeze... There we laid our Darling Minnie, Ever more from mortal sight." "Death has robbed us of our treasure, And the angels have her now." The birds sing over her grave but can't bring her back
AUTHOR: Words: W. Dexter Smith, Jr. / Music: E. N. Catlin (source: Little-Maggie-May-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Little-Maggie-May-Songster)
KEYWORDS: death burial bird
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REFERENCES (5 citations):
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 6, "Darling MInnie Lee" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 37, "Darling Minnie Lee" (1 text)
Jim-the-Carter-Lad-Songster, p. 56, "Darling Minnie Lee" (1 text)
Keen-Love-Among-Der-Sweitzer-Songster, pp. 24-25, "Minnie Lee" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #432, p. 29, "Darling Minnie Lee" (1 reference)
Roud #44894
File: LMMS006

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