Dying Daughter, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Mother, dear, go make my bed, And let me lie in darkness, Please rub my head when you have done." The mother asks what ails the girl. Her heart is broken. Mother says there are other men. The girl calls her mother "dearest" but wants to die
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (HCargillFamily)
KEYWORDS: love death mother
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
RECORDINGS:
Acie Cargill, Debra Cowan, Kristina Olsen, "The Dying Daughter" (on HCargillFamily)
File: RcDyDaug

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