McDonald Family, The

DESCRIPTION: "Sons of freedom, only ponder, On McDonald's awful doom." The five members of the family die in the great fire (of 1871). The singer imagines them dying. He particularly remembers "poor Jeanette," beautiful and a teacher, and believes she is in heaven
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: fire death family
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 172-175, "The McDonald Family" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 83, "The McDonald Family" (1 text)
Roud #4142
NOTES [7 words]: This is item dG44 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: BBun172

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