Where Now is the Prophet Brigham

DESCRIPTION: "Now where's the Prophet Brigham? (x2) Down in Kanab, down in Kanab. By and by we'll go and fetch him, Down in Kanab, Down in Kanab.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | Brigham Young
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1801-1877 - Life of Brigham Young
1832 - Young becomes a Mormon
1844 - Young becomes leader of the Mormons
1847 - Mormon migration to Utah
1850 - Young made Governor of Utah territory. From 1857, however, the U.S. Government enforced various restrictions on the Mormons and their governor, mostly in response to polygamy.
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #219, "The Prophet Brigham" (1 short text)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 263, "(Where now's the Prophet Brigham)" (1 short text)
Roud #10899
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Brigham Young (I)" (character of Brigham Young) and references there
NOTES [41 words]: Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest connects this with an event of 1872, when a warrant was issued for Brigham Young's arrest and he briefly could not be found. This seems reasonable but beyond proof, given that we seem to have just the one verse. - RBW
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File: Hubb219

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