“Snagtooth Sal”
Description
The singer happily remembers "Walking down through Laramie with Snagtooth Sal." "But she turned me down completely" -- by dying (!). He will die for love, and gives instructions for his own burial
Notes
The Fifes regard this as traditional -- but it is noteworthy that they had to get their tune from the Roger Wagner Chorale! To me, it looks like a cowboy adaption of something along the lines of "The Butcher Boy" or "The Pinery Boy." - RBW
References
- Fife-Cowboy/West 106, "Snagtooth Sal" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 405-406, "Snagtooth Sal" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #11096
- BI, FCW106