“The Haunted Hunter”
Author: possibly Billie Maxwell
Earliest date: 1929 (recording, Billie Maxwell)
Found in: US
Description
Singer, walking toward camp, is joined by a snowshoed figure who leaves no tracks. The singer falls in a snowdrift, to be found with hair bleached white. The other trappers recognize the signs of an encounter with the haunted hunter; all leave the area.
Long description
Singer, walking toward camp, is joined by a mysterious snowshoed figure who leaves no tracks in the snow. The singer falls in a snowdrift, to be found the next morning with hair bleached white. The other trappers recognize the signs of an encounter with the haunted hunter, and all leave the area.
Cross references
- cf. "Bill Was a Texas Lad" (tune)
Recordings
- Billie Maxwell, "Haunted Hunter" (Victor V-40241, 1929; on AuthCowboys, WhenIWas1)
References
- Roud #11521
- BI, RcHauHun
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