“Sweet Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair”

May 12, 2024

The lyrics to this Stephen Foster 1854 song are lovely, but I was too young to know more than the tune when I heard it sung to my mother Jeannie over a century later.

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Joan Stommen

May 13, 2024

Makes me cry too. What a beautiful song for those we’ve lost. Thank you for finding this! 😢

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May 13, 2024

Thanks, Joan.

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A song of lost love

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“Sweet Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair”