She Wore a Wreath of Roses

DESCRIPTION: "She wore a wreath of roses The night that first we met, Her lovely face was smiling Beneath her curls of jet." Next he sees her with orange blossoms, and someone by her "to soothe her." Now he sees her in "a widow's somber cap"
AUTHOR: Joseph Philip Knight (Source: Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd)
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd)
KEYWORDS: flowers love wife death
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #71, "She Wore a Wreath of Roses" (1 text)
Roud #13895
File: SoSWAWR

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