Joel Baker

DESCRIPTION: "Come all young lovers far and near, A dismal story you shall hear, A young man did in Alsted dwell," but Joel Baker's beloved prefers another man and scorns him. Baker shoots himself. The girl marries her love.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1823 (Green Mountain Songster, according to Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
KEYWORDS: love suicide marriage
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster, pp. 46-48, "Joel Baker" (1 text)
Flanders-ChapBook Flanders-VermontChapBook, pp. 30-33, "Joel Baker" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 12-13, "Joel Baker" (1 text)

Roud #4656
File: CA1012

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