Death of Harry Bradford, The [Laws C12]

DESCRIPTION: Harry Bradford, the foreman's son, cannot escape being crushed by falling logs. The father learns of his son's tragic death
AUTHOR: W. J. Taylor
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks)
KEYWORDS: death logger lumbering father children
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Laws C12, "The Death of Harry Bradford"
Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks 52, "The Death of Harry Bradford" (1 text)
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 130-135, "The Death of Harry Bradford" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 70, "The Death of Harry Bradford" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 413-414, "The Death of Harry Bradford" (1 text)
DT 836, HARBRADF
Roud #2218
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Jam on Gerry's Rock" [Laws C1] (plot, tune)
NOTES [51 words]: Beck describes this song as "frankly in imitation" of "The Jam on Gerry's Rock". - PJS
This seems pretty clear; there are many phrases in common. But more than half of Beck's text (the only version that seems to be known) is about the father than about the tragedy. It's expansion as much as imitation. - RBW
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File: LC12

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