The Murder of the Lawson Family Carolina Buddies
The Murder of the Lawson Family Carolina Buddies American Folk Tales This tragic, murder ballad tells the story of Charlie Lawson and his family. On Christmas Day in 1929 Charlie Lawson first killed his daughters Carrie, 12 and Maybell, 7; first shooting them and then bludgeoning them to be sure they are dead. Next he killed his wife Fannie 37, she was on the porch. When she heard the gunfire his 17 year old daughter Marie screamed, the two younger boys went to hide. Marie was killed next. Charlie th
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