Far Away, Far Away

DESCRIPTION: "Where now is that merry party I remember long ago... They have all dispersed and wandered, Far away, far away." Many are married, moved, wandering, dead. The singer points out that "nothing in this world can last... What is coming, who can say?"
AUTHOR: Words: Miss M. Lindsay / Music: Mrs. J. W. Bliss
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Heart Songs)
KEYWORDS: separation friend
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Randolph 866, "Far Away, Far Away" (1 text)
Heart-Songs, pp. 130-131, "Far Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #24927
RECORDINGS:
Loman D. Cansler, "Far Away" (on Cansler1)
File: R866

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