====== #195 - The Quilting Party ======
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  *Composer:
    *John Fletcher, 1856
  *Also known as:
    *Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party
    *I Was Seeing Nellie Home
    *When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home
    *When I Saw Sweet Nelly Home
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
In the sky the bright stars glittered\\
On the bank the pale moon shone\\
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
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//chorus: //\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
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On my arm a soft hand rested\\
Rested like as ocean foam\\
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
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On my lips a whisper trembled\\
Trembled till it dared to come\\
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
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On my life new hopes were dawning\\
And those hopes have lived and grown\\
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party\\
I was seeing Nellie home\\
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    *traditional
  *++Lyrics:|\\
In the sky the bright stars glittered\\
On the grass the moonlight fell\\
Hush'd the sound of daylight bustle\\
Closed the pink eyed pimpernell\\
As adown the moss grown wood path\\
Where the cattle love to roam\\
From an august evening party\\
I was seeing Nellie home.\\
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//chorus: //\\
In the sky the bright stars glittered\\
On the grass the moonlight shone\\
From an august evening party\\
I was seeing Nellie home.\\
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When the autumn tinged the greenwood\\
Turning all its leaves to the gold\\
In the lawn by elders shaded\\
I my love to Nellie told\\
As we stood together gazing\\
On the star bespangled dome\\
How I blessed the august evening\\
When I saw sweet Nellie home.\\
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White hairs mingled with my tresses\\
Furrows steal upon my brow\\
But a love smile cheers and blesses\\
Life's declining moments now\\
Matron in the snowy kerchief\\
Closer to my bosom come\\
Tell me do'st thou still remember\\
When I saw sweet Nellie home.\\
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    *Frances Kyle, 1856((These lyrics refer to an //evening party//, not a //quilting party//))