“Moonshiner's Dream”
Description
"Las night as I lay sleeping I dreamed one pleasant dream...." "Making blockade whiskey And selling at retail; But I woke up sad, broken-hearted In the Fulton County Jail." He laments the conditions, dreams of better, and warns others
Notes
This shows clear signs of borrowing from "Logan County Jail" or a relative. But the dream motif seems important enough for me to list it separately. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Logan County Jail (Dallas County Jail)" [Laws E17] (theme, lyrics)
Recordings
- Riley Puckett, "The Moonshiner's Dream" (Columbia 15324-D, 1928)
References
- BrownIII 355, "Moonshiner's Dream" (1 text)
- Roud #11729
- BI, Br3355