Shanty Boy's Ill Fate

DESCRIPTION: "Gather round me, you lumberjacks, And listen to my tale. I'll tell you of a shanty boy Whose name was Jimmy Hale." Jimmy leaves home to become a logger, and quickly learns the trade, but is killed by a branch. His body is taken to his mother
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: logger death mother
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 136-137, "Shanty Boy's Ill Fate" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 85, "Shanty Boy's Ill Fate" (1 text)
Roud #4071
NOTES [8 words]: This song is item dC50 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
Last updated in version 5.2
File: BBun136

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography