Steve O'Donnell's Wate

DESCRIPTION: "Steve O'Donnell was an Irishman, as everybody has said. He was loved by all his friends, both rich and poor." He dies; his family mourns; he is prepared for burial. At the wake, one man jokes that O'Donnell was Jewish, and everyone fights and gets drunk
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: death mourning Jew humorous
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah,, #168, "Steve O'Donnell's Wake" (1 text)
Roud #10921
File: Hubb168

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