Jim Haggerty's Story

DESCRIPTION: The speaker and his companion go down to town, where the companion will confront a man hired to kill him. They enter the bar. The hired gun's girlfriend begs him not to shoot; the other is her father. But both men draw and fire and are killed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (Lomax)
KEYWORDS: death father family homicide
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 135-136, "Jim Haggerty's Story" (1 text)
Roud #15550
NOTES [31 words]: While this may be legitimate folklore (it has rather a tall tale feel), there is no evidence that it was ever a song, or traveled in the same traditional circles as ordinary folk songs. - RBW
File: LxA135

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