Eight Years in Cherry Hill

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye Philadelphy citizens, And listen...." ohnny McDermott got drunk, broke into a house, and is sentenced to eight years at Cherry Hill. He thinks it's too harsh a sentence. Hearers should bring up their children well
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: crime drink prison punishment warning
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 188-189, "Eight Years in Cherry Hill" (1 composite text)
Roud #5244
File: NeDe188

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