“You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone”
Description
Singer, now feeble, tells his sweetheart she'll miss him when he's gone. He asks who will care for her. He tells her to fence their garden; the children are married. Ch.: "You'll miss me when I'm gone...There's one kind heart will miss me when I'm gone"
Long description
Singer, aging and becoming feeble, tells his sweetheart she'll miss him when he's gone. He asks what she will do in wintertime, who will put their arms about her, who will share her sadness and gladness. He tells her to fence their little garden and tend the flowers; the children are all married. Ch.: "You'll miss me when I'm gone...There's one kind heart will miss me when I'm gone"
Notes
In 1878 Hart Pease Danks and Arthur W. French published a song called, "You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone." This is not that song. - PJS
Recordings
- Oaks Family, "You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone" (Bluebird B-5807, 1935; rec. 1930; on KMM)
References
- Roud #17225
- BI, RcYMMWIG