A Soldier's Farewell

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How can I bear to leave thee

Translator: L. C. Elson
Tune: [When storms around are sweeping] (Plötz)
Published in 7 hymnals

Translator: L. C. Elson

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First Line:	How can I bear to leave thee
Title:	A Soldier's Farewell
Translator:	L. C. Elson
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Farewell, farewell, my own true love
Copyright:	Public Domain

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[When storms around are sweeping] (Plötz)

This tune is misattributed to Johanna Kinkel. She was a musician who composed a tune to her husband's (Johann Gottfried Kinkel) poem, "Des Lehnsmanns Abschied" or "Ritters Abschied", first line: "Weh dass wir scheiden müssen." Otto Plötz also composed a tune to this poem in 1859. Plötz's tune is…

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