Champion of Moose Hill, The

DESCRIPTION: "You people all, both great and small, I pray you lend an ear." The singer, Emery Mace, who likes to fight, recalls getting drunk on Moose Hill. He gets into a fight; Mrs. Giles lays him out. He will stop fighting and says that Helen is the new Champion
AUTHOR: Larry Gorman (1846-1917)
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: fight drink warning brawl
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 126-127, "The Champion of Moose Hill" (1 text)
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 96-97, 191, "The Champion of Moose Hill" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4157
NOTES [24 words]: This song is item dH37 in Laws's Appendix II. To my mind, it has the unusual trait, for a Larry Gorman song, of being more funny than mean. - RBW
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