From the recording Forgotten Memories of the Ottawa Valley (Folk Show)
The Ballad of Rose McKenna tells the story of a tragic accident at a homestead that reflects the perils of frontier living. Settlers had to build homes, clear forests for farming, and cultivate fields by hand (with only horses). Health care was very primitive and access to it was limited. This was a bad combination, but that's the way it was back then.
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