The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160488   Message #3807165
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Ryan
28-Aug-16 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Charming Young Widow I met on the Train
Subject: Origins: Charming Toung Widow I met on the Train
While there is a version of this in the Digital Tradition, we don't seem to have discussed it in any detail, ever. In Ireland, I usually hear it sung to the tune of "Bessie the Beauty of Rossinure Hill" (aka ..of Ballintown Brae) and in a version using Vermont/Boston as the location. Lots of variants now available on line in ballad and sheet music forms.

Anybody hear it sung in the wild these days?

Regards

p.s. I'll add some links to online sources later.