The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87652 Message #2036538
Posted By: Goose Gander
26-Apr-07 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Arthur Clyde
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Arthur Clyde
Here's the Ballad Index entry, pretty slim . . .
Arthur Clyde DESCRIPTION: Singer, dying, confesses to his sister that he murdered and buried her former lover, Arthur Clyde, because he could not bear to see Clyde with her AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (recording, Loman D. Cansler) KEYWORDS: murder death dying sister lover FOUND IN: US(So) Roud #15752 RECORDINGS: Loman D. Cansler, "Arthur Clyde" (on Cansler1) Notes: Cansler states he learned this from his family, and has not heard it elsewhere. - PJS
The Roud Index lists the recordings from American Memory and Max Hunter.