Among the Little White Daisies

DESCRIPTION: "(Gynna) is her first name, first name, first name, (Glynna) is her first name, Among the little white daisies." Ritchie version gives the first and second names of husband and wife, then tells of their marriage, children, and perhaps death
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty courting death
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MA,SE,So)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Ritchie-FolkSongsOfTheSouthernAppalachians, p. 34, "Among the Little White Daisies" (1 text, 1 tune)
Skean-CircleLeft-FolkPlayOfKentuckyMountains, p. 14, "'Mong the Little White Daisies" (1 text, 1 tune)
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 124, "The Little White Daisies" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #120, "Little White Daisies" (1 text)
Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #173, "Under the Lily-white Daisies" (1 text)
Roud #7401
File: RitS034

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