Three Girls Drowned [Laws G23]

DESCRIPTION: Three young ladies, all Sunday School teachers, and a man named John Ash are on their way to church when they try to ford Gravel Run. The three girls are swept away and drowned, although Ash manages to survive
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Vernon Dalhart)
KEYWORDS: river death drowning
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1849 - drowning of the three girls
FOUND IN: US(MA,MW,SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Laws G23, "Three Girls Drowned"
Gardner/Chickering-BalladsAndSongsOfSouthernMichigan 123, "Three Girls Drowned" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore2 210, "The Three Drowned Sisters" (1 text plus quotations from Gardner and Chickering)
Roud #3257
RECORDINGS:
Vernon Dalhart, "Three Drowned Sisters" (Brunswick 100, 1927) (Victor 20528) (Columbia 15126-D [as Al Craver], 1927)
File: LG23

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