Wilfrid White and John Murphy

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you loyal shanty boys" to hear of the death of two lumbermen. Oct. 6, 1901, Wilfrid and John set out for Carl Wright's camp. They disappear before they can cross the ferry. Their drowned bodies are eventually found; why they swam is unknown
AUTHOR: Joe Scott?
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker)
KEYWORDS: death drowning river lumbering
FOUND IN: Canada (Ont) US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker, pp. 307-318, "Wilfrid Wright and John Murphy" (1 conflate text plus mention of 3 versions)
Roud #25167
NOTES [46 words]: Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker admits that there is no direct evidence that Joe Scott wrote this poem (song? There is no surviving tune); he even says that he wishes Scott hadn't written it (p. 309), but all informants attribute it to Scott and it fits his type of song. - RBW
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