Kiss Me, Mother, Kiss Your Darling

DESCRIPTION: "Kiss me, mother, Kiss your darling, Lean your head upon my breast... I am weary, let me rest." "I am standing by the river, Angels wait to waft me o'er." The child asks mother's blessing while dying and hears the angel band. The world is growing dark
AUTHOR: Words: Letta C. Lord / Music: George F. Root (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: children mother death
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, p. 14, "Kiss Me, Mother! Kiss Your Darling" (1 text)
Little-Maggie-May-Songster, p. 49, "Kiss Me, Mother, Kiss Your Darling" (1 text)
Up-In-a-Balloon-Songster, p. 31, "Kiss Me Mother, Kiss Your Darling" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1192, p. 82, "Kiss Me Mother, Kiss Your Darling" (2 references)
Roud #24497
ALTERNATE TITLES:
I Am Weary Let Me Rest
NOTES [24 words]: Under the name "I Am Weary Let Me Rest," this is fairly well-known in bluegrass circles. It's no less saccharine despite the better title. - RBW
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File: WBSS014

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