Tragedy of Sunset Land, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's a little western city in the shadow of the hills, Where sleeps a brave young rebel 'neath the dew." He died saying "'Boys, I always did my best' Where the old Chehalis River flows its way." Wesley Everest died to encourage workers to organize
AUTHOR: credited to Loren Roberts
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Songs of the Workers, IWW fiftieth anniversary publication)
KEYWORDS: worker death burial river
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 627, "The Tragedy of Sunset Land" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 510, "The Tragedy of Sunset Land" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
cf. "The Suckers Sadly Gather" (tune)
File: CAFS2626

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