I need lyrics and, possibly, a tune for "William Cook" or "Willie Cook", which I believe was printed by Vance Randolph in one of his Ozark volumes (religious songs?). And does anyone know anything about this ballad? It sounds like a British broadside, but I can't find anything promising in the Bodleian Library, Music for the Nation, or the Lester S. Levy sheet music collections. Word on the Street (Scottish) lists the name William Cook on a broadside announcing convicted criminals, but I don't think that particular Cook's crime ("vending forged notes")is mentioned in the ballad (and even if it was, that is admittedly a thin thread upon which to hang the sourcing of a text). Maybe it's a local Missouri ballad that remained local, but it sure sound English or Scottish to me (Irish?).