Soldier's Farewell (VII), The

DESCRIPTION: "I am dying, soldiers, dying, Soon you'll miss me from your camp, And your friend will soon be lying Beneath the earth so cold and damp.." The soldier sends farewells to his father, mother, wife. He blesses his wife and wishes he had seen her again
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: soldier death separation farewell derivative
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, (Ed Cray), "Three Folksongs from North Carolina" Vol. XI, No. 1 (Jul 1963), p. 4, "Soldier's Farewell" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Dying Californian" (form, lyrics)
File: NCFXI04

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