Page from the Scrap-Book of Life

DESCRIPTION: "I stood in the glare of the city, And gazed on the passing throng... there in the crowd came a woman... I could trace upon her sad face, A tale of a happier day." "'Tis a page from the scrapbook of life." She was lured from home; her child grieves
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois)
KEYWORDS: wife husband children separation
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois, pp. 258-259, "Page from the Scrap-Book of Life" (1 text)
Roud #4341
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "A Picture from Life's Other Side" (theme)
NOTES [23 words]: I can't prove it, since I know no other versions of this song, but I feel as if this was inspired by "A Picture from Life's Other Side." - RBW
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File: Neel258

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