No One to Love, None to Caress

DESCRIPTION: "No one to love, none to caress, Roaming alone through this world's wilderness, Sad is my heart, joy is unknown." The singer dreams of loved ones. Awake, he sighs and weeps. God promises rest in "mansions above" where the singer won't weep
AUTHOR: Words: A. H. G. Richardson (source: sheet music published by Lee & Walker)
EARLIEST DATE: 1861 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: loneliness death
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REFERENCES (6 citations):
Heart-Songs, p. 464, "Heart Songs" (1 text, 1 tune)
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 15, "No One to Love" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 19, "No One to Love" (1 text)
Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster, p. 37, "No One to Love" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #9, p. 13, "No One to Love" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1611, p. 109, "No One to Love" (7 references)
Roud #38040
File: LMMS015

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