Way out in California,

organs; voiceCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Mary C. Parler Mrs. Robert A. Hill Golden City, Missouri July 20, 1950 Reel 63, Item 6 little Marian Parker Way out in California, A family bright and gay, Were planning for their Christmas Not very far away; They had a little daughter, A sweet and pretty child, And all the folks who knew her A million . . . She left her home one morning For school not far away; And no one dreamed that danger Would come to her that day; Yet in the modern village A friend (fiend?) with heart so cold Took little Marian Parker Away from friends and home. The world for her was stricken, And people held their breath, Until they found poor Marian Her body cold in death; And then they called the coward, Young Hickman was his name, Brought him back to judgment, His final . . . There is a great commandment That says thou shalt not kill; And those who do not heed it That double sorrow fill; There's going to be a warning To parents far and near, You cannot guard too closely The ones we love so dear.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation