Haggertys and Young Mulvanny, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer wanders on a "pleasant evening"; as the sun illuminates the landscape, he sees a beautiful girl crying for "young Mulvanny Who lost his life on the Kipawa stream." She tells how he and the two Haggerty brothers died in a rafting accident
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Fowke)
KEYWORDS: logger river death lumbering
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fowke-LumberingSongsFromTheNorthernWoods #39, "The Haggertys and Young Mulvanny" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4559
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Kipawa Stream
File: FowL39

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