Mystery of the Dunbar's Child, The

DESCRIPTION: "The eleventh, month of August, in the year of 1912, The kidnapping of the Dunbars' child" at Lake Swayze causes a wide search. No body is found. Months later, a child is found in the presence of Walters. He is convicted of kidnapping but later freed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Richard "Rabbit" Brown)
KEYWORDS: children separation reunion trial punishment
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 351-353, "The Mystery of the Dunbar's Child" (1 text)
Roud #22309
RECORDINGS:
Richard "Rabbit" Brown, "The Mystery of the Dunbar's Child" (VIctor 35840, 1927)
File: CAFS1352

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