Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads

Subject: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: Dahl
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:07 PM

Howdy folks in the Mudcat cyber world. I am a graduate student at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada who is presently conducting research on murder in traditional folk music. If you have any good suggestions please let me know. I am trying to enlarge the theme of "The murder-girl ballad", songs like : banks of the Ohio, Tom Dooley, etc. If you have any suggesions, please enclude the year and the geographical origin - If possible I would like to focus on songs from New England, if I can find enough ...
Thanks,
ERic

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: fretless
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:10 PM

Pretty Polly and Poor Ellen Smith; year ?; Appalachian tradition, not N. England.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From:
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:11 PM

Have you tried the Lyric & Knowledge Search? Try putting girl and murder into the box there, and see what comes up.


I'm betting plenty to keep you busy.

Have a look at them, and try asking specific questions in any threads about a particular song.

Your question so far has been extremely general.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From:
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:31 PM

Here are a few to start you off:

Brookfield Murder 1847 New England
Index to Folksongs of Old New England
Jerry Rasmussen's Message in a thread about Henry Lee
Young Alanthea
Adam Gorman

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From:
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:47 PM

And from Fretless' suggestions:

Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly 2
Pretty Polly 3
Pretty Polly Perkins
Indeed Pretty Polly
Lyr Add: Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly - Stanley Brothers
Lyr Add: Pretty Polly
Poor Ellen Smith
Poor Ellen Smith 2
Poor Ellen Smith 3
Poor Ellen Smith

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: SINSULL
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 06:02 PM

Rose Connelly
Those Wedding Bells Must Not Ring Out

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: Joybell
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 06:12 PM

In here under these titles
The Old Oak Tree/Lisa Wells
                            Joy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: masato sakurai
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 08:51 PM

These threads may help:

Tune Req: Murder Ballads or Songs?

DTStudy Murder Ballads with bloody noses

Lyr Req: Pearl Bryant (murder ballad)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: Franz S.
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 11:45 PM

And Naomi Wise, murdered near Randleman NC in 1807. Text

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: Franz S.
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 11:46 PM

Rats! Didn't work this time. Try this:

http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=69380#1175958

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: RWilhelm
Date: 13 Jul 04 - 12:31 AM

The Suncook Town Tragedy

Josie Langmaid was murderd and decapitated in New Hampshire, 1875.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Murder (girl) ballads
From: Stewie
Date: 13 Jul 04 - 02:42 AM

There are a number of them compiled on this page: CLICK HERE.

--Stewie.