Belle

DESCRIPTION: French. "Mias si j'une belle ici, Belle." (Every line ends with the word "Belle.") The singer takes a train to Texas, spends three days, then hears his belle was sick. He sells his bronco so that he can afford the train fare home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (collected from "Mr. Bornu")
KEYWORDS: love separation reunion horse commerce
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 194-195, "Belle" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: LoSi194

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