Kate,

The book, "Folk-Songs of the South" edited by John Harrington Cox, has a piece about Pearl Bryan on pages 197 to 202. He gives 8 variations of the song which he collected from people back in the early 1900's. The song is listed under the title, "The Jealous Lover."

If this is helpful and you cannot find or haven't already found this book e-mail me at - klk@snet.net - with your mailing address and I will copy the pages and send them to you. The copy of the book that I have is a Dover, 1967 reprint of the original 1925 book. There are lots of used book sites on the net where you might find a copy.

Good luck with your research. It's a very interesting story and song.

karen k