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Thread #111117 Message #2337653
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
11-May-08 - 10:36 AM
Thread Name: Murder Ballads in Squidoo
Subject: RE: Murder Ballads in Squidoo
TinaP, it's a good start.
I don't gather you're setting out to be an encyclopedia of murder ballads (or are you?) but here are a few murder ballads I'm familiar with which you didn't mention. Some of these may not technically be ballads, but they're (mostly) good songs with murders in them.
Lord Randall (The most obvious one, to me.) Frankie & Johnny Pearl Bryan Banks of the Ohio Eggs & Marrowbone Binnorie Dowie Dens of Yarrow The Bonnie Earl of Moray Duncan and Brady Billy DeLyons and Stagolee Young Hunting Lady Dysmal and the Kitchen Boy Charles Guiteau The Outlandish Knight The Lonesome Willow Tree Mary Hamilton Omie Wise Poor Ellen Smith