On the Banks of the Old Omaha

DESCRIPTION: "I will sing you a song of sweet Julia... I never shall forget the first time we met On the banks of the old Omaha...." One day she heard a knocking at the door, and died that night. The singer's heart is still by her grave in that far-off valley
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968
KEYWORDS: death separation love burial
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 260-261, "On the Banks of the Old Omaha" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: MA261

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