“Three Perished in the Snow”

Description

A woman and her three young children are struggling through a snowstorm. The children ask their mother to make them warm, but she cannot help. The next morning the three are found clasped in each others' arms, dead

Cross references

• cf. "Hush-oh-bye Baby" (plot)

Recordings

• Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner, "Perished in the Snow" (Brunswick 561, c. 1930)

References

1. Laws G32, "Three Perished in the Snow"
2. McNeil-SFB2, pp. 101-102, "Three Perished in the Snow" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. FSCatskills 69, "She Perished in the Snow" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. DT 715, PRSHSNOW*
5. Roud #1931
6. BI, LG32