Oh, What I'd Give for a Mother

DESCRIPTION: "An old man was seated one evening In an easy chair close by the fire" with a little child,."Please tell me, dear Grandpa, of mother, Her sweet face I never shall see.... Oh what I would give for a mother." Her father disappeared; her mother died of grief
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois)
KEYWORDS: mother children death separation grief
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois, pp. 252-253, "Oh, What I'd Give for a Mother" (1 text)
Roud #4337
File: Neel252

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