Raffle at Kilbride, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer attends a dance, with a raffle to follow. When two bidders tie they fight -- "they smashed up lamps and crockery" -- and Hogan takes the prize: an ornery mare.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: fight violence dancing humorous moniker horse
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30142
RECORDINGS:
Mr. Powers, "The Raffle at Kilbride" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
File: ML3RaaKi

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