Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 21:27:24 -0500 (EST)
From: SPRAGUENB@aol.com
To: bgbie AT (@) conncoll DOT edu
Subject: Corey's Coming

Brian,

     I have always thought there was more to "Corey's Coming" than most
people think.  The existing of Corey is given to us in the end of the
song. She is not an imaginary lover.  Therefore in fact she is a real person to
John Joseph.  Has it occured to anyone that she is an employee of the
railroad that is on that 'one run a week that comes on roarin' down that
line' She would see John Joseph on a regular basis but the townsfolk and
the narrator would not know her..  Furthermore it would give the narrator
the motivation to take John Joseph's job after his death.
   Think about it.
Joseph W