Day I Lost My Job, The

DESCRIPTION: Higgins loses his job at Fitzpatrick's grocery for being drunk. When he cannot find work his family turns him out. He escapes from an officer who takes him for a tramp. Murphy invites him for a drink but they get into a fight. There's no comfort since
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: violence work drink unemployment hardtimes family wife
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30150
RECORDINGS:
Paddy Duggan, "The Day I Lost My Job" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
File: ML3DILMJ

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