Durham Gaol

DESCRIPTION: "Ye'll all hev heard of Durham Gaol," but you probably can't imagine what it's like, strongly guarded as it is, "There's ne good luck in Durham Gaol"; just humiliation and deprivation, work and poor food, bad clothes of corderoy, and hard work
AUTHOR: Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919) (source: Sedley/Carthy-WhoKilledCockRobin)
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Lloyd, Come All Ye Bold Miners)
KEYWORDS: prison hardtimes clothes food work
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sedley/Carthy-WhoKilledCockRobin, pp. 247-250, "Durham Gaol" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "There Is No Luck" (tune)
NOTES [18 words]: For (a little) background on author Tommy Armstrong, see the notes to "Durham Strike (Durham Lockout)." - RBW
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File: SCWKC247

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