Bluefield Murder

DESCRIPTION: "I was born in Bluefield, a city you all know well.... My name is Walter Summers, the name I'll never deny, I'm now behind the prison walls to stay until I die." Summers admits to murdering Ethel Sullivan. He now loves the song "Convict and the Rose"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (recording, Roy Harvey)
KEYWORDS: homicide prison punishment music
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, p. 224, "Bluefield Murder" (1 text)
Roud #21294
RECORDINGS:
Emry Arthur, "The Bluefield Murder" (Paramount 3222, 1930; rec. 1929)
Roy Harvey and the North Carolina Ramblers, "The Bluefield Murder" (Brunswick 250)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Boston Burglar" [Laws L16] (lyrics, form)
File: CAFS1223

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