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Thread #2942   Message #1631970
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
21-Dec-05 - 03:58 AM
Thread Name: Origin: The Butcher Boy / Butcher's Boy
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: The Butcher Boy
Yes, it's a quite different song: a form of The Bloody Miller (many other titles, including The Wittam Miller, The Oxford -sometimes Wexford or even Waxweed- Girl, Hangèd I Shall Be, and so on). Quite a number of past discussions here deal with aspects of it, and the date and location of the original murder are known (see in particular the late Bruce Olson's comments).

Roud 263, Laws P35.