Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan-songbook

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D Jack Hargaty
The Rowell manuscript. "April 26, 1883, Blanchard, Michigan" appears at the end of the song. A text of nine stanzas similar to A, with minor variations.
E Jack Haggerty's Lament
Obtained in 1915 from Miss Florence Myers, Ypsilanti, who had heard the song in a Manistee River lumber camp about ten years earlier. A text of six and one-half stanzas similar to A.
F
Sung in 1935 by Mr. Fred Buckingham, West Branch. A fragment of five stanzas, similar to A.