Butcher's Boy- Molly Jackson (KY) 1935 Lomax
[From Internet Archive's Collection of Alan Lomax's Kentucky Recordings, 1937-1942. This is the Butcher Boy text wed to the Careless Love tune.
R. Matteson 2017]
The Butcher's Boy- sung by Aunt Molly Jackson of Kentucky in September 1935; recorded in New York City, New York. Transcription R. Matteson 2017.
In Johnson City where I used to dwell,
In Johnson City where I used to dwell,
In Johnson City where I used to dwell,
There lived a boy I loved so well.
He courted me my heart away
He courted me my heart away
He courted me my heart away
And now with me he will not stay.
[It's a] grief to me I'll tell you why,
There lives some other girl in this town,
There lives some other girl in this town,
There lives some other girl in this town,
Where my love goes and sits him down.