Complications of Life, The

DESCRIPTION: "This life here is a mixture of its troubles and its joys, All the way to ripe old age from tiny girls and boys; With many complications...." The singer tells of courting girls, of music, of toys, farm animals, a bad marriage, life's other trials
AUTHOR: probably assembled by John Daniel Vass
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (collected by Shellans-FolkSongsOfTheBlueRidgeMountains from John Daniel Vass)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes animal dog chickens mother humorous wife marriage separation army farming
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shellans-FolkSongsOfTheBlueRidgeMountains, pp. 45-46, "The Complications of Life" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7328
File: Shel045

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