Wandering Refugee, The

DESCRIPTION: "Farewell, mother, home and friends! We may never meet again. Soon 'mid strangers I must roam." "Who will shed a tear For a wand'ring refugee?" The singer will never see the happy sights of home; "I'll be roaming far away."
AUTHOR: Will S. Hays (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1865 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: home separation exile mother
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, pp. 23-24, "The Wandering Refugee" (1 text)
Wandering-Refugee-Songster, p. 5, "The Wandering Refugee" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2487, p. 168, "Wandering Refugee" (1 reference)
Roud #18476
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2264, "The Wandering Refugee," unknown, n.d.
File: WBSS023

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