We Parted by the Riverside

DESCRIPTION: "We parted by the riverside, The moon looked down on you and me." The river and the winds sigh, "Goodbye." The singer says, "Tell me that you love me... For we may never meet again." All he has to give is a kiss. Wherver he goes, he will love only her
AUTHOR: Will S. Hays (source: Wolf-AmericanSongSheets)
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Mabel-Waltz-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love separation river
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REFERENCES (10 citations):
Mabel-Waltz-Songster, p. 37, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, p. 39, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 33, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Love-Among-the-Roses-Songster, p. 24, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Walking-Down-Broadway-Songster, p. 47, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 3, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 39, "We Parted by the River-Side" (1 text)
Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster, p. 31, "We Parted by the River-sde" (1 text)
Kelly-Leon-Ching-Chow-Hi-Songster, p. 41, "We Parted bythe River-side" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2520, p. 170, "We Parted by the River Side" (1 reference)
Roud #11714
File: MWSo037

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