William Sullivan

DESCRIPTION: William Sullivan is determined to leave home to earn his money so he can marry his money. His desperate parents say he shouldn't marry a girl who wants money, but he goes -- and dies after three years when hit by a pine. Final stanzas describe his burial
AUTHOR: Joe Scott
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (partial version collected from Roy Lohnes)
KEYWORDS: mother father children death love work lumbering
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-Joe-Scott-TheWoodsmanSongmaker, pp. 178-190, "William Sullivan" (1 conflate text, 1 tune, with mentions of 2 versions)
Roud #25141
File: JSco178

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