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4. I guess that this isn't the one,

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:41 AM

Jul 2

but if you need a good cry. It is a Mother singing to her dying daughter to shut her eyes, that her Dad (who has already starved) will come with food soon. It is supposed to be from the 1840's.
It has been lightened up for modern tastes by Cartoon Saloon.

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