Origins: Murder of the Lawson Family

Subject: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: Janie
Date: 23 Sep 19 - 11:18 PM

Per Maggie's request posting this murder ballad here, but Maggie or other mods, feel free to combine it with a murder ballad thread. I did a search but could not easily decide if it fits with an existing thread.    Posting 2 links. The first is to a Wikipedia article about the murders. The second is to the gruesome song.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Lawson_family


The Murder of the Lawson Family Carolina Buddies

Subject: RE: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: Mrrzy
Date: 25 Sep 19 - 12:42 PM

Doc Watson has a great version.

Subject: RE: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: Stewie
Date: 25 Sep 19 - 07:29 PM

The Red Fox Chasers also recorded it in January 1931.

Lawson Family

Meade indicates that the words and music of the ballad were by Walter Smith, a member of the Carolina Buddies.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: Richard Mellish
Date: 26 Sep 19 - 08:53 AM

> Posting 2 links. The first is to a Wikipedia article about the murders. The second is to the gruesome song.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Lawson_family

> The Murder of the Lawson Family Carolina Buddies

Something wrong with that second link. The HTML shows it as a "mailto" but it's not a valid email address either.

Subject: RE: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 26 Sep 19 - 09:32 AM

I hope this fixes both Janie and Richard's link. I got the 'mail' message with Janie's, also. https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Murder+of+the+Lawson+Family+Carolina+Buddies&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA846CA846&oq=The+Murder+of+the+L

Subject: RE: Murder of the Lawson Family
From: Joe Offer
Date: 29 Oct 20 - 12:33 AM

Needs more work.