Little Pallet of Straw, The

DESCRIPTION: "I'm sitting alone in the garret, While the sleet and the snow's falling down," waiting for Jessie to return. "But I think when my little one comes, she will find her mother is dead." Already the father is dead, "And I think I'll see Jessie no more"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1912 (Harrisburg Daily Independent, Nov. 13, 1912, page 3)
KEYWORDS: mother death orphan
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 249-250, "The Little Pallet of Straw" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5267
NOTES [15 words]: I can't help but wonder how, if the mother died alone, her dying words were taken down. - RBW
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