Grizzly Hogan

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, there's a road to Seattle As plain as can be, And if you want to see a wreck, Just take a look at me." The police are afraid to deal with the singer, "Grizzly Hogan," when he gets drunk. He kissed his girl and broke her jaw. No one can match him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: lumbering talltale injury drink
FOUND IN: US(MW,NW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 53-55, "Grizzly Hogan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6518
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Frozen Logger" (theme of the logger breaking his girlfriend's jaw when kissing her)
NOTES [34 words]: The verse about the logger breaking his girlfriend's jaw by kissing her occurs also in "The Frozen Logger." For what little we can say about the relationship between the two, see the notes to that song. - RBW
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File: BBun053

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