Pardon of Sydna Allen, The

DESCRIPTION: "In the state of old Virginny, In the year 1912, Was the famous Allen gangsters we all remember well." The judge is shot while Claude and Sydna are in court. Sydna is convicted and sentenced to 14 years, but the governor pardons him
AUTHOR: Carson J. Robison?
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Richardson/Spaeth-AmericanMountainSongs); also published by Robison around this time
KEYWORDS: prison fight trial feud
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1912 - Trial of the Allen family
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Richardson/Spaeth-AmericanMountainSongs, p. 34, "The Pardon of Sydna Allen" (1 text, 1 tune)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Robert M. Rennick, "The Tragedy of the Allen Family of Hillsville, Virginia,'" Vol. VII, No. 2 (Dec 1959), p. 14, "The Pardon of Sidna Allen" (1 text)
Roud #3117
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sidney Allen" [Laws E5] (subject)
NOTES [27 words]: For some background on Sidney Allen and the Allen Family, see the notes to "Sidney Allen" [Laws E5] or the NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal article cited above. - RBW
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