The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127154 Message #2833159
Posted By: Peter the Squeezer
08-Feb-10 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: Anti-Heroines in Traditional Song?
Subject: RE: Anti-Heroines in Traditional Song?
Not traditional - but I've always found the character (un-named) in "The Irish Ballad", by Tom Lehrer decidedly scary!
Don't know whether this is a "Cruel Child" Ballad, or a Cruel "Child Ballad", though.