Lorena (song)
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lorena-song-203-5430395
title:
Lorena (song)
text:
"Lorena" is an American antebellum song with Ohio origins. The lyrics were written in 1856 by Rev. Henry D. L. Webster, after a broken engagement. He wrote a long poem about his fiancée Ella Blocksom, but changed her name at first to "Bertha" and later to "Lorena", perhaps an adaptation of "Lenore" from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven." Henry Webster's friend Joseph Philbrick Webster wrote the music, and the song was first published in Chicago in 1857. It became a favorite of soldiers of both
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American folk song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorena_(song)
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2024-03-13T16:04:19Z
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