Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die

DESCRIPTION: "Dear mother, I remember well The parting kiss you gave me." But now, "Dear mother, I've come home to die." The singer asks mother to assemble the family for the death. The village bell had called the soldiers. But now "for country I can only sigh"
AUTHOR: Words: E. Bowers / Music: Henry Tucker (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Sweet-Genevieve-Songster)
KEYWORDS: mother children death
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Sweet-Genevieve-Songster, p. 13, "Dear Mother I've Come to Die" (1 text)
ShillingSongBook3, p. 9, "Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die" (1 text)
HooleysBlackStarSongster, pp. 34-35, "Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #284, p. 100, "Mother, I've Come Home to Die" (19 references)
Roud #38188
BROADSIDES:
Library of Congress 2023784067, "Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die," Firth Son & Co. (New York), 1863
SAME TUNE:
Parody on Mother, I've Come Home to Die ("Dear mother, I remember well, 'That nice young gal from New Jersey'") (BillyMorrisSongs, p. 55)
NOTES [32 words]: There is another song, "I'm Coming Home to Die," which has exactly the same point, but it appears to be a different song. If you want to see it for yourself, see ShillingSongBook3, p. 47. - RBW
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File: SGS013

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