Let Me Kiss Him for His Mother

DESCRIPTION: "Let me kiss him for his mother, Let me kiss his dear youthful brow." A young man is being laid to rest, with no relatives there, so a stranger comes to act as the family who is not there. "Sleep, dearest, sleep... I've kissed you for your mother."
AUTHOR: John P. Ordway (source: sheet music published by John C. Schreiner & Son)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Sweet-Genevieve-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love death family separation
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sweet-Genevieve-Songster, p. 38, "Let Me Kiss Him for His Mother" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1238, p. 85, "Let Me Kiss Him For His Mother" (8 references)
Roud #38083
File: SGS038

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