Write Me a Letter from Home

DESCRIPTION: "Lonely I sit me and weep, Weep as I have not for years, Why do mine eyes fail to keep Back these affectionate tears?" He is thinking of loved ones across the seas, and asks, "Oh! go to them, tell them for me To write me a letter from home."
AUTHOR: Will S. Hays (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1866 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: family separation | letter
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Mabel-Waltz-Songster, p. 10, "Write Me a Letter from Home" (1 text, followed by "A Response to 'Write Me a Letter from Home'"' by Henry Tucker)
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, p. 40, "Write Me a Letter from Home" (1 text)
Walking-Down-Broadway-Songster, p. 57, "Write Me a Letter From Home" (1 text, followed by "Yes, We'll Write You a Letter from Home. A Response to 'Write Me a Letter from Home'" by Henry Tucker)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2678, p. 181, "Write Me a Letter from Home" (2 references)
Roud #13834
NOTES [42 words]: I am guessing that the song "Yes, I Will Write Three from Home" by M. B. Leavitt, found e.g. on p. 24 of Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster, is intended as a response to this. I don't advise looking it up, though; it's not worth the effort. - RBW
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