Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?

Subject: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: GUEST,JKC
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 09:02 PM

Is there a place where I can get a listing of murder songs or ballads?

Thanks

JKC

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 09:28 PM

Normally I wouldn't recommend the old and outdated "Digitrad Lyrics Search" which you will presumably have seen at the top of the main Forum page; given that murder is such a favourite subject, however, you'd better start there if you want even a halfway manageable list.  Simply type in @murder, and be prepared to spend hours looking through the results you get...

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From:
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:02 PM

Actually, @murder works in the SuperSearch as well. Does well. Gives a large number of threads covering topics such as Tom Dooley, Long Black Veil, Laura Foster can be found.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: GUEST,Marymac
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:29 PM

Or you could just ask Max!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:30 PM

Oh, it works right enough.  Rather too well, which is why I suggested something which would return a shorter -though still pretty huge- list!  Good job we're not talking about @love; that would probably crash the server...

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From:
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:40 PM

That's for sure, Malcolm.

I actually thought the search for Murder wasn't too outlandish for the forum search.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: masato sakurai
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 11:07 PM

If it is an American folk ballad, try to put "Laws F1" to "Laws F37" into the Digitrad and Forum Search. These are Laws numbers used in Native American Balladry.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 29 Aug 01 - 12:42 AM

You might even ask your local librarian to fetch a copy of Olive Burt's American Murder Ballads for you via InterLibrary loan. Shucks, you might want to find a copy of your own, Right now it appears that Alibris has cornered the market on used copies, but there are ex-library copies going from $11 to $17.50 here: Take a look.

Bookfinder search result Hope i did that right! Sandy

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 29 Aug 01 - 12:44 AM

Well, that's pretty sloppy, but at least it works!

Cyberklutz

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:54 AM

Jonathan Goodman, Bloody Versicles: The Rhymes of Crime is a book of American and British murder ballads, mostly broadsides, lyrics and annotations only. This is in print. Price: $18.00.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?
From: IanC
Date: 29 Aug 01 - 04:39 AM

You might find a couple of useful books in the Subjects/Murder section of the Basic Folk Library thread.

Cheers!
Ian