Tender Mother's Grave

DESCRIPTION: Singer gathers flowers for his mother's grave. "She is gone to the dear land of the blessed." "There's none in this wide world like your mother You shall never miss your mother till she's gone." "Shall I ever see you more gentle mother"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: grief death mourning flowers nonballad mother
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30110
RECORDINGS:
Pat Molloy, "Tender Mother's Grave" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Gentle Mother" (subject and some lines and line fragments)
NOTES [26 words]: For "Gentle Mother" see, for example, Eugene Ward McElroy, "Gentle Mother" (on "I Pray You Pay Attention," Musical Tradition Records MTCD367-8 CD (2014)) - BS
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