Hoot Owl Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "When you hear that hoot owl calling, it's gonna turn cold, it's gonna turn cold." And when the singer cries, (s)he's "thinkin' of days of old." The singer will go to the river; "There let me slumber when I die." She wonders why she loved him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Roberts/Agey-InThePine)
KEYWORDS: bird love river death
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Roberts/Agey-InThePine #99, "The Hoot Owl Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: RAInPi99

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