Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker

DESCRIPTION: "A couple have just paid the price For living in fool's paradise, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Have finally paid for their sins." Clyde, "a cheat," escapes from prison and teams up with Parker, whom he teaches to smoke. THey die in a shootout
AUTHOR: Joe Hoover, according to Cohen
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (recording, Dwight Butcher, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: prison crime death police
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
May 23, 1934 - Deaths of Clyde Barrow (born 1910) and Bonnie Parker (born 1909) near Arcadia, Louisiana
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 530-531, "Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker" (1 text)
Roud #22311
RECORDINGS:
Joe Smith (pseud. for Dwight Butcher), "Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker" (Bluebird B5521, 1934)
Frank Luther Trio, "Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker" (unissued, 1934)
NOTES [53 words]: According to Meade, Spottswood, and Meade, this was recorded only twice, and only one of the two recordings was released. There don't seem to have been any other songs about Bonnie and Clyde, either. Given their notoriety, I'm quite surprised. You can tell it was the depression: No one had money for recordings. - RBW
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File: CAFS2530

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