Is the Story True

DESCRIPTION: "Seagull, gentle seagull, Soaring in the blue, Stop and tell me really, Is the story true?" Did the seagulls save the Mormons from a plague of crickets? Yes, it is true, the gulls were sent by heaven to save their crops -- and the Mormons themselves
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: bird farming | miracle crickets seagulls
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 78-79, "Is the Story True?" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10834
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sea Gulls and Crickets" (story of the Crickets and Gulls)
NOTES [15 words]: For background on the Gulls and Crickets, see the notes to "Sea Gulls and Crickets." - RBW
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File: ChMS078

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