Night's Walk, A

DESCRIPTION: "Power, the noted highwayman, had long disturbed the peace." The Captain of Police gathers three men to seek him. They sneak up and capture him; he wishes they had shot him. He ends up in Beechworth Jail
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Scott-BushrangerBallads)
KEYWORDS: outlaw prison
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1891 - Death of the former bushranger Henry Johnson, known as "Harry Power"
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-BushrangerBallads, pp. 46-48, "A Night's Walk" (1 text)
NOTES [32 words]: Scott-BushrangerBallads lists this as anonymous, but I can't find any traditional collections. For a song about a bushranger named Power, though not Harry Power, see "Bushranger Jack Power." - RBW
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File: ScBB046

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