Parting Kiss, The (The Lily that Bends)

DESCRIPTION: "The lily that bends to the breeze of the morning And yields its perfume to the trembling gale May join with the wild briar rose in adorning the moss-cover'd cottage that stands in the vale. But flowers fade. They will kiss and part
AUTHOR: Words: "Mr. Keene"? (source: sheet music in the Levy Collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1850 (New Negro Forget-Me-Not Songster)
KEYWORDS: love separation flowers
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 47, "The Lily" (1 barely legible transcription, 1 tune)
Roud #V58437
NOTES [13 words]: The sheet music says that this is to a "Tyrolese Air," but does not name it. - RBW
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File: Shoe047

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