Butcher Boy- Dave Adamson (IL) 1938 Neely B
[From Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois page 145-148 by Charles Neely published in 1938. Neely comments, "This is a very popular ballad in southern Illinois."
R. Matteson 2017]
B. Butcher Boy- Mr. Dave H. Adamson of Belleville gave Neely this variant.
1. In Jersey City where I did dwell
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He took his knife and cut her down
And on her breast these words he found;
'Oh foolish, foolish, wasn't I,
To hang myself for a butcher b'y?"