'Tis But a Little Faded Flower

DESCRIPTION: "'Tis but a little faded flower, But, oh! how fondly dear. 'Twill bring me back one golden hour Through many a weary year." The singer keeps it to remember that lost time. Other hearts also keep remembrances "of days that are no more"
AUTHOR: see NOTES
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Little-Maggie-May-Songster)
KEYWORDS: flowers nonballad | memory nostalgia
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REFERENCES (6 citations):
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 60, ""Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #8, p. 25, "'Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 text)
Wandering-Refugee-Songster, p. 11, "'Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 32, "'Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 text)
Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster, p. 39, "'Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2338, p. 157, "'Tis But a Little Faded Flower" (1 reference)
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NOTES [75 words]: Bartleby.com, which is generally fairly reliable, credits the words of this to Ellen Clementine Howarth (1827-1899). However, the 1860 sheet music published by William A. Pond & Co. says the words are by Frederick Enoch and the music by J. R. Thomas. Interestingly, the interior lists only Thomas's name, not Enoch's. A recording at the Library of Congress credits the words to Howarth, the music to Thomas, which seems the most likely combination. - RBW
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