Anna Sweeney

DESCRIPTION: "On the wild Dakota prairie where the sun is ever bright, Lived a fair and youthful maiden." Anna lives with her father; her sweetheart is far away. On April 2, her father leaves home; in his absence, Anna is killed by a prairie fire
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (The Irish in Dakota, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: death fire children disaster
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 486, "Anna Sweeney" (1 text)
File: CAFS2486

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