Prettiest Little Song of All, The

DESCRIPTION: "When the pretty little birds are singing In the evening by the pale moonlight... It speaks to me in accents free Of one that's ever far and yet so near... The sweetest song I ever heard is one of home and mother."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Randolph)
KEYWORDS: home mother nonballad separation
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Randolph 848, "The Prettiest Little Song of All" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7449
File: R848

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