Hi! I'm trying to find information about a song I heard in my childhood. I don't know the title, who wrote it or performed it, but these are the lyrics I remember:

Now not long ago I remember it well,
alone in a poorhouse a maiden did dwell.

She lived with her Father and Mother serene,
her age it was red and her hair was nineteen.

Now not far away her sweetheart did dwell.
He was cross-eyed in both feet and hunchback as well.

He said fly with me by the light of yon star,
you're the eye of my apple you are oh you are.

She said oh kind sir, you must surely be wise
or my father will scratch out your nails with his eyes.

When his kiss she refused he knocked down the maid
and slowly he took out the knife of his blade.

He grabbed the throat of the maiden so fair
and dragged her around by the head of her hair.

Now just about then her father came up
with tears in his fists and his eyes doubled up,

He grabbed the young villain by the hands with his throat
and whipped him with a horse-gun done raised from a colt.

I'd appreciate any information anyone has about this song. The title or author would really help my search.

Thanks,
Sandy R