Simpson Bush

DESCRIPTION: "Attention give while I relate Though horrible is the shame, I'll tell you of a doomed man, Bush they call his name." He is sentenced to die "for the murder of his own dear wife." The singer describes the methods of the murder, then moralizes
AUTHOR: James W. Day (Jilson Setters)
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thomas)
KEYWORDS: homicide husband wife children
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thomas-BalladMakingInMountainsOfKentucky, pp. 129-130, (no title) (1 text) (OakEd, pp. 137-138)
NOTES [8 words]: Definitely not one of Setters's better songs. - RBW
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File: ThBa129

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