In Kosciusko- Sanford Hughston (MS) 1926 Hudson B
[Ballads and Songs from Mississippi by Arthur Palmer Hudson; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 39, No. 152 (Apr. - Jun., 1926), page 122. Hudson endorses Cox's 1925 notes.
Stanza 2: Cf. Forsaken Girl- Eden Hash (TN) 1947 McDowell
R. Matteson 2017]
B. "In Kosciusko." Communicated by Mr. Sanford R. Hughston, Principal of the Courtland (Panola County, Mississippi) Public School; from a pupil.
I. In Kosciusko where I once did dwell
Lived a soldier boy that I loved so well.
He stole from me my heart away,
And now my loved one will not stay.
2. It was just the other night he promised me
That he would take me across the deep blue sea,
But now he is gone and left me alone,
Like a poor orphan girl without a home.
3. His gold may shine, his silk may fly,
But I hope some day that boy will die.
He takes other girls on his knee,
And tells them lies he once told me.
4. Go bring me a chair and I'll sit down,
Go bring me a pen and I'll write it down
I'll write a few lines, I'll shed a few tears;
"Come home, my darling, come home, my dear."
5. The night came on, her father came home,
Inquiring where his daughter had gone.
He went upstairs, the door he broke,
And there he found her tied to a rope.
6. He drew a knife and cut her down,
And in her bosom these words he found:
"Go dig my grave both wide and deep,
And place a marble stone at my head and feet.
7. And on my grave place a mourning dove,
To prove to this world that I died for love.
I want this world to plainly see,
That I died for a man that didn't love me.
8. And I want this world to surely know
That I died for a boy in Kosciusko.