Orphan Child, The (They Said I Was But Four Years Old)

DESCRIPTION: "They said I was but four years old When Father went away" to seek gold in California. Mother was already dead, so the child has waited four years alone. She wonders why he does not return. She sits by her mother's tomb and wishes she could help him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: mother father children separation gold death burial | grave
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 244-245, "The Orphan Child" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #37640
File: NeDe244

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