Drunkard's Child (III), The

DESCRIPTION: "In an old dusty attic of a tenement house" the singer finds "a drunkard's poor little boy" hiding among the rafters and the wood shavings. Father beat him The singer promises to return, but before he does, the boy is dead, leaving a note about Jesus
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Roberts/Agey-InThePine)
KEYWORDS: drink orphan mother father death abuse Jesus | attic picture letter
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Roberts/Agey-InThePine #76, "The Drunkard's Child" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [60 words]: This would probably be more effective if it hadn't tried so dang hard to be pathetic. The picture of mother and the letter to Jesus at the end are a bit much. And... why was the singer prowling around in someone else's attic, anyway? The idea of a child fleeing an abusive drunken father is far too real, as we know, but this just doesn't make much sense. - RBW
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File: RAInPi76

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