Kansas Farmer's Lament, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come, listen to a granger, you soft-headed stranger.... I left a good farm, and, meaning no harm, I emigrated my family to this Kansas frontier." Now he is in poverty. He vows to leave and head for Boston
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1892 (Dighton [Kansas] Journal, Jan. 28, 1892, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: farming hardtimes warning
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 499, "The Kansas Farmer's Lament" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 470-471, "The Kansas Farmer's Lament" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: CAFS2502

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