Irish mail robber; Prisoner for life; I wish my two cheeks was as red as the rose,
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Sallee, Albert
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voice Collected by Diane Sallee Mrs. Sallee Sallisaw, Oklahoma November 1959 Reel 361, Item 7 (The Irish Mail Robber) fragment I wish my two cheeks was as red as the rose, But now they are paler than the lily that grows. All bound down in cold irons, confined like a slave, 'Twas in my own country where I misbehaved. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Sallee, Diane
1959 11
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