Poor Jim the Newsboy

DESCRIPTION: "Poor Jim the newsboy, one cold winter day... he had made little pay." When he goes home, father takes his money for drink and throws him out. Jim begs the saloon-keeper not to let father drink, then crawls into a basement and dies
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: father children work hardtimes death drink | angels
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 246-248, "Poor Jim the Newsboy" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST NeDe246 (Partial)
Roud #5283
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jimmie Brown the Newsboy" (plot)
cf. "Poor Little Joe" (The Dying Newsboy)
NOTES [60 words]: This is so close to "Jimmie Brown the Newsboy," including even the name of the newsboy, that I thought about lumping them. But Jimmie Brown doesn't die, so I tentatively separate them.
This ends with angels carrying Jim to heaven. It really ruins the effect.
For background on newsboys in New York, see the notes to "Poor Little Joe (The Dying Newsboy)." - RBW
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