Well found, Jack. I have been looking for "Marrowbone" tales for many years and was certain that, one day, somebody would find it in tale-form. And thanks to Jim for giving us his collected version. Again, of great interest.

Another interesting point is that in parts of the Appalachians the tune used for the song "Marrowbones" (and also for the song "The Fellow that Looks Like Me") turns up as a fiddle tune called "Over the Waterfall". Samuel Bayard has traced this American tune to an older British air. But, I do wonder if the tune title "Over the Waterfall" refers to an incident in a version of "Marrowbones", one where the wife, having been pushed into the river, goes "over the waterfall"? I don't know of any such verse, but I suppose that there could be one.