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Day 198 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "An older version of "Go Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy". Also a “sad-like” tune….and as Sandburg writes "the words match the tune".
"Most scholars hold that this song is a combination of two others. The primary evidence is the shift in narrative style: The first part of the ballad is in first person, the rest is in the third person."
Day 198 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "An older version of "Go Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy". Also a “sad-like” tune….and as Sandburg writes "the words match the tune".
"Most scholars hold that this song is a combination of two others. The primary evidence is the shift in narrative style: The first part of the ballad is in first person, the rest is in the third person."
