Nellie Dean

DESCRIPTION: "At the old mill stream I'm dreaming, Nellie Dean Dreaming of your bright eyes gleaming, Nellie Dean... There's an old mill by the stream, Nellie Dean, Where we used to sit and dream, Nellie Dean." But she married someone else. Even the birds miss her
AUTHOR: Harry Armstrong (source: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (source: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
KEYWORDS: love separation bird river
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, p. 219-220, "Nellie Dean" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Nellie Dean"
Roud #30035
File: PSoS219

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