Lindbergh's Baby

DESCRIPTION: Charles Lindbergh's baby disappeared from his home last night. The kidnappers "seek a large ransom." His mother wishes her baby would return but he is with the angels. The kidnappers will answer for this crime on judgement day.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA/Leach)
KEYWORDS: homicide nonballad mother father children abduction
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Mar 1, 1932 - Kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. (19 months old at the time). The kidnapper demands and receives $150,000, but the child is not returned
May 12, 1932 - The boy's body is found
Apr 3, 1936 - Execution of Bruno Hauptman, linked to the crime primarily by possession of some of the ransom money
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #18221
RECORDINGS:
Mike Kent, "Lindburg's Baby" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Stolen Child (The Lindbergh Kidnapping)" (subject)
NOTES [16 words]: The Mike Kent version is not a version of either Thomas-BalladMakingInMountainsOfKentucky text. - BS
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