Minnie

DESCRIPTION: "When the sun is high in the bright blue sky And the soft win sighs through the grove... a sweet voice oft invites me to rove, 'Oh Minnie, dear Minnie, come over the lea... And a true heart is waiting for thee." She hopes that "like a bird I soon fly"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867b(WhosBeenHereSinceIveBeenGoneSongster)
KEYWORDS: love courting mother
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
WhosBeenHereSinceIveBeenGoneSongster, p. 43, "Minnie" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1435, p. 97, "Minnie" (1 reference)
Roud #13795
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Lilly Dale" (tune)
NOTES [43 words]: A Ryle broadside says that this was sung in a theatre on Drury Lane, but I have no other details. There are quite a few copies of it in the Bodleian collection, but as the Bodleian is down as of this writing, I cannot give details as to their holdings. - RBW
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File: WBHS043

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