I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine

DESCRIPTION: "I'd offer thee this hand of mine, If I could love thee less, But hearts as warm and pure as thine Should never know distress...." "I leave thee to thy happiness As one too dear to love." "And now my dreams are sadly o'er"; don't think of him
AUTHOR: (Words? and) Music: L. Thayer Chadwick (source: Sheet music published by Firth, Hall, & Pond)
EARLIEST DATE: 1842 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: love separation exile
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 8, "I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 6 and #5/64, p. 6, "I'd offer Thee this Hand of Mine" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 49, "I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 11, "I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine" (1 text)
Roud #37272
File: LMMS008

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