Come, Little Leaves

DESCRIPTION: "'Come, little leaves,' said the wind one day, 'Come o'er the meadows with me and play; Put on your dresses of red and gold, For summer is gone and the days grow cold.'" The leaves fly away, greeting the crickets and lambs, then go to rest under the snow
AUTHOR: George Cooper (1840-1927) (source: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Wiggins and Smith, _Pinafore Palace_, according to Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: animal | leaves wind winter
FOUND IN: Ireland US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 148, "'Come, little leaves,' said the wind one day" (1 fragment)
Roud #1775
RECORDINGS:
C. Gardee, "Come, Little Leaves" (Piotr-Archive #655, recorded 08/31/2023)
File: KSUC148C

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