| Summary: | Young man travelling on a train with his babt. His wife lies dead in the baggage coach ahead. Other passengers [sic] are impatient with the baby's [sic] cries until the man tells his sad story. Laws, "NAB", 277 (ballad-like pieces); Mercer, "NH, 2, 1973, 10; "CFMJ", 7, 1979; "FH" Index: Gussie L. Davis, author, 5/12/23, 27/1/37, 3/5/39, 15/12/43, 30/7/53, "Variety Musical Cavalcade", 224, Spaeth, "Read 'Em.", 174-175; Randolf, IV, 163-165; Kennedy, "A Treasury of American Ballads", 343; Pound, "American Ballads and Songs", 58
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