Down in Utah

DESCRIPTION: "While the workmen stopped in Denver one fellow came to me, Said he, Are you from Utah, and why are you so free?" The two get into a fight. The singer gets in trouble with the law. Mormons always get questioned because of their faith
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: fight questions
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 130-132, "Down in Utah" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 604-605, "Down in Utah" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Richard M. Dorson, _Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States_, University of Chicago Press, 1964, pp. 532-533, "Down in Utah" (1 text)
ST CAFS2604 (Partial)
Roud #10858
File: CAFS2604

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