“The Cumberland Traveller”

Description

"Dear wife I hope this you will find In health of body and of mind And my dear babes whom I adore I live in hopes to see once more." The singer, who has left home for Cumberland, advises his wife, asks guidance of God, and hopes for peace for Cumberland

Notes

This may not be a song; it was found in a barely-legible nineteenth century manuscript book. - RBW

References

  1. BrownIII 515, "The Cumberland Traveller" (1 damaged text)
  2. BI, Br3515

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1952 (Brown), from a manuscript apparently dated 1839
Keywords: travel home husband wife
Found in: US(SE)