White Cafe, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer takes "a stroll down to the White Cafe," where he meets and buys drinks for a pretty girl. He is convinced to take her with him. They register as a married couple at the Farmer's Hotel. She steals his luggage and money and disappears
AUTHOR: probably Joe Scott
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (collected from Thomas MacLeod)
KEYWORDS: love beauty theft money
FOUND IN: US(NE) Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker, pp. 341-342, "The Maid with Golden Hair" (1 text)
Roud #25132
File: ISco341

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