Why Did They Dig Ma's Grave So Deep?

DESCRIPTION: "Poor little Nellie is weeping tonight, Thinking of days that were filled with delight." She misses her dead mother, for "sleeps that fond mother away from life's woe."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Stout-FolkloreFromIowa)
KEYWORDS: mother children death separation
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Stout-FolkloreFromIowa 71, p. 94, "Why Did They Dig Ma's Grave So Deep?" (1 fragment)
Roud #4867
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Poor Little Nellie
File: Stou071

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