A few random comments about this song.

1. There have been (at least) three threads with Duncan and Brady in the subject line, but none of them are referenced in either of the DigiTrad lyric pages.

2. I own three recordings (van Ronk, Rush, and Nathan Rogers), and on all three this song is track 1. Is it a law that if you record this song, you have to make it the first track on your album?

3. Am I the only one who thinks it odd that (one version of) a murder ballad begins with a reference to the nursery rhyme, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? I mean, are there any murder ballads that start, "Jack and Jill went up the hill"? or "Mary had a little lamb"?

4. Am I the only one who thinks it odd that (one version of) the song announces that Brady is going to shoot somebody just to see him die, but then it's Duncan who does the only shooting?