Miss Dinah

DESCRIPTION: "I wish I was an apple, Miss Dinah was another. And O! what a happy pair we'd make On the tree together." "Oh, I love Miss Dinah so." One day a wind blows them together, then into the water. "Miss Dinah she was raked ashore, But I was never founded"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Scarborough)
KEYWORDS: love courting river drowning rescue
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, pp. 127-128, "Miss Dinah" (1 text)
File: ScaNF127

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