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Thread #16090   Message #147962
Posted By: Amos
11-Dec-99 - 12:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tarrytown / Wild Goose Grasses (Allison)
Subject: Tarrytown/Butcher Boy
I am seeking lyrics beyond the first verse for a song which begins:

In Tarrytown, there did dwell, a butcher boy, I knew him well He courted me my life away, and now at home he will no longer stay.

Cho: Wide and deep, my grave shall be, with the wild goose grasses growing over me...(2x)

Anyone know the rest of this sad (and typical) tale? History ? (I assume it is a colonial Hudson Valley variant of an age old theme).

Thanks,

Amos