Song of the Time, A

DESCRIPTION: "In England several years ago The seen was plesent fair and gay." One John Love sails for America, and worked in the fur trade before going to Boston. He lends three brothers money; they murder him. The murderers are caught and sentences to hang
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales)
KEYWORDS: travel homicide money punishment execution
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales, pp. 430-432, "A Song of the Time" (1 text)
File: TNY430

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