Drunkard's Wife's Dream, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Mary, tell me how it is you always look so gay" despite having a drunkard for a husband. Mary reports that she wished her husband dead, then had a dream of him dying. This is so frightening that it causes her to act happy wharever her husband does
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: dream drink family
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #108, "The Drunkard's Wife's Dream" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10918
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Drunkard's Dream (I)" (inspiration for this song)
NOTES [15 words]: One wonders who created the propaganda department for drunks that produced this song.... - RBW
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File: Hubb108

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