...AP Hudson's collection of "Folksongs of Mississippi", a sourcebook I have been seeking, lists this song as a good example of the feud ballad. It comes from Tishomongo County, Mississippi:
Zeb Tunney's Girl
It was out in the Tennessee Mountains Away from the sins of the world There Dan Kelly's son stood leaning on his gun Thinking of ZebTunney's girl
Dan was a hot blooded youngster His dad raised him thirty hand right And he had him sworn from the day he was born To shoot every Tunney in sight
"Powder and shot for the Tunney's Don't save a hair on their head!" Old Dan Kelly cried as he lay down and died With young Danny there by his bed
Dan took the vow to his pappy He would kill every one His heart in a whirl with his love for the girl He loaded his double-barrel gun
Moon shining down on the mountains The moon shining down on the still Young Dan took a sip, hung his gun to his hip Started out to slaughter and kill
Over the mountains he wandered Son of a Tennessee man With fire in his eyes and his gun on his thigh Lookin for old Zeb Tunney's clan
Shots ringing out on the mountain Shots ringing out on the breeze Old Dan Kellys son with the smoke in his gun The Tunney's all down on their knees
The fame of old Dan Kelly's moonshine Had gone far and wide of the world How Dan Kelly's clan shot them down to a man And brought back old Zeb Tunney's girl