Story of Gerald Chapman, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh come all you young people and listen while I tell, The fate of Gerald Chapman who was hung in a prison cell." A "desperate criminal," he killed a policeman on his travels from Georgia to New York to Connecticut. He gives a warning and is hung
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (recording, Carl Conner, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: death homicide execution prison
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, p. 88, "The Story of Gerald Chapman" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Carl Conner, "Story of Gerald Chapman" (Columbia 15076-D, 1926)
File: CAFS1088

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