Wilkes Lovell [Laws E9]

DESCRIPTION: Two convicts escape from prison. Sheriff Wilkes Lovell, informed of this by his wife, pursues and recaptures them. The singer, who is one of the escapees, warns his listeners not to imitate him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
KEYWORDS: prison escape police wife
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Laws E9, "Wilkes Lovell"
Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster, pp. 217-219, "Wilkes Lovell" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, p. 36, "Wilkes Lovell" (1 text)
DT 759, WILKLOVL
Roud #2247
File: LE09

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