I love this song, but I have trouble getting the tune down well enough to sing it solo. Don't know why. It bugs me, because I'd sure like to add this one to my repertoire. I'd like to see sheet music. Is it in a songbook somewhere?
What's the story behind this song? The DT says Harkins Freye wrote it, but who's Harkins Freye, and when was it written?
-Joe Offer-

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Digital Tradition Lyrics:

TIME HAS MADE A CHANGE IN ME
(Harkins Freye)

1. Time has made a change since my childhood days;
Many of my friends have gone away,
Some I never more in this life will see
Time has made a change in me.

Chorus:
Time has made a change in the old home place;
Time has made a change in each smiling face,
And I know my friends can plainly see
Time has made a change in me.

2. In my childhood days, I was well and strong
I could climb the hillside all day long,
I am not today what I used to be
Time has made a change in me.

3. When I reach my home in that land somewhere,
With my friends who wait to meet me over there,
Free from pain and care I'll forever be,
Time has made a change in me.

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Here's the Traditional Ballad Index listing for this song:

Time Has Made a Change In Me

DESCRIPTION: "Time has made a change since my childhood days, Many of my friends have gone away." "Time has made a change in the old home place... Time has made a change in me." The singer notes how he has aged, and looks forward to the next world when pain will end
AUTHOR: Harkins Freye
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Lomax recording, from Helena Buggs & Alfred Hamilton); probably written in the 1920w
KEYWORDS: nonballad age
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
DT, TIMEHAS
ADDITIONAL: _Sing Out_ magazine, Volume 35, #1 (1990), pp, 42-43, "Time Has Made a Change In Me" (1 text, 1 tune, with notes implying it was collected from tradition)
Roud #16072
File: DTtimeha

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I think the Traditional Ballad Index confuses "Time Has Made a Change in Me" with Time Has Made a Change (since I bin born), which was collected by Lomax.