Frank Proffitt, speaking of his ballad 'Song of a Lost Hunter' - a version of 'Young Hunting' - detailed a family tale that went with the ballad: "As gruesome as it may sound, she (the 'evil woman') took Heneree to her bed to make love after stabbing him."

This isn't mentioned in the actual ballad lyric, nor in any other version, but the idea that such a tale should be handed down along with the ballad is interesting to anyone who wants to consider what the songs meant to the traditional singers who sang them.