Tough Utah Boy, A

DESCRIPTION: "I am a Mormon, from Utah I came, And I am a tough boy and Wells it is my name." The singer travels the southwest, revellng in his toughness -- and then comes home to Mother because he has no lover. He will return again to Utah: "for Utah I will sail."
AUTHOR: "Rasty" Wells? (source: Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: travel home mother fight return
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #228, "A Tough Utah Boy" (1 short text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 605, "A Tough Utah Boy" (1 text)
Roud #10906
File: CAFS2605

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