I've just added another four new Victorian gallows ballads to PlanetSlade's selection. As ever, you'll find each song's full lyrics there, plus my account of the case that inspired it and a scan of the ballad sheet itself. This month's additions are:

Murder at Westmill (1848) 

Nine-year-old boy brutally murders his infant sister. Mother driven mad by the crime.

Streams of Crimson Blood (1829)
Burglar breaks into rich old couple's house and kills them both. 


The Murdered Maid (1932?)

Poverty-stricken yokels kill lodger for her savings. But it's really their own daughter. 


Cruel Lizzie Vickers (1853)
Alcoholic housekeeper bullies her way into elderly employer's will then beats him to death for the £1,000 involved. That's the ballad's version, but the Old Bailey jury found her not guilty.