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Southern Appalachians songs with lyrics, commentary & some sheet music.

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	There Was a Little Tree
	147 SANDY See Journal, XXVII, 292; Jones, p. 6; also Journal, XXIV, 303. Learned by Mrs. Henry, when she was a child, in Decatur, Georgia.
	Sandy had a nice litde mill; The mill belongs to Sandy still. Said I to Sandy, "Won't you lend me your mill?" "Of course, I will," said Sandy.
	I48 THERE WAS A LITTLE TREE See Campbell and Sharp, No. no; Fuson, p. 87; Alfred Williams, Folk-Songs of the Upper Thames, p. 182. This song was sung by Mrs. Henry as a girl in Atlanta, Georgia. She learned it from the singing of George Allison, of Louisville, Kentucky.
	1. There was a litde tree, the prettiest litde tree, The sweetest little tree, you ever did see. The tree in the ground And the green grass growing all around, all around, And the green grass growing all around.
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