Butcher Boy- Ida Thompson (IL) 1938 Neely D
[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]
D. "Butcher Boy." Miss Irene Mache, Belleville also gave me this variant which she obtained from Mrs. Ida Thompson
In Jefferson City where I did dwell,
A butcher boy I loved so well,
He courted me my heart away,
But with me now he will not stay.
Oh grieve oh grieve O tell me why,
Because he had more loves than I.
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