“The Blind Child”

Description

"They tell me, father, that tonight You'll wed another bride, That you will clasp her in your arms Where my dear mother died." The child asks about the new wife, and hopes she will be kind. The child dies, and goes to heaven where no one is blind

Notes

Cohen remarks, "Frankly, I think the saccharine little miss is overdoing it." Amen. - RBW

Cross references

• cf. "I Cannot Call Her Mother (The Marriage Rite is Over; The Stepmother)" (theme)

Recordings

• Harvey Irwin, "The Blind Child" (OKeh 45014, 1925)
• Bradley Kincaid, "The Blind Girl" (Champion 15968 [as Dan Hughey], 1930; Conqueror 7983, 1932)
• Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner, "The Blind Child's Prayer" (Brunswick 167, 1927)
• McMichen's String Band, "Blind Child's Prayer, pts. 1 & 2" (Columbia 15333-D, 1928)
• Arnold Keith Storm, "The Blind Child" (on AKStorm01)

References

1. Belden, pp. 275-276, "The Blind Child" (1 text plus mention of 4 more)
2. Randolph 724, "The Blind Child" (3 texts, 1 tune)
3. Randolph/Cohen, pp. 472-473, "The Blind Child" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 724A)
4. BrownII 149, "The Blind Girl" (1 text plus mention of 12 more)
5. JHCoxIIB, #29, pp. 198-200, "The Blind Child's Prayer" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Fuson, p. 146, "The Blind Orphan" (1 text)
7. MHenry-Appalachians, pp. 128-129, "The Blind Girl" (1 text)
8. DT, BLNDCHLD*
9. ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), pp. 203-204, "(The Blind Girl)" (1 text)
10. Roud #425
11. BI, R724