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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, by Stephen Foster (1854)
Song lyrics to Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, by Stephen Foster (1854) Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a parlor song by Stephen Foster. He wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permanent separation.
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