Thanks, Charley. I do believe I have heard this, though I cannot think where; I never had the pleasure of hearing your esteemed uncle, or any other of your uncles as far as I know. Is there a tune somewhere?

While I am with weelittledrummer in that the rough, crude, and violent for the sake of violence does not appeal to me, I would be very interested to hear of other old traditional ballads comparable to Child 201. (Many old ballads, of course, were violent, but it is a part of the story line and gives me less of a feeling that it is solely for the sake of violence.)