The Cruel Mother- Summer (OH) c1922 Eddy
[Not a local title. From Ballads and Songs from Ohio by Eddy. Summer contributed some songs and ballads to Eddy in 1922 (JAFL). Eddy's notes follow
R. Matteson 2014]
THE CRUEL MOTHER
(Child, No. 20)
Mrs. Summer remembered this fragment from the singing of her mother whose home was in Columbiana Counry, Ohio.
Other Texts.-Barrry, pp. 8o-98. f cox, No. 5, p.29. / Davis, No. 9, 5 texts. /Fuson, p. 59,. / Henry (.), p. 47. / Scarborough, p.:'69, tune on p.4o3. / Sharp, Vol. I, No. ro. 13 tunes and 6 complete texts.
The Cruel Mother- From Mrs. Virginia Summer, Canton,, Ohio.
"No, no, dear moth-er, when we were thine,
All alone in the lily, oh,
Our victuals were not of the bread and wine,
Our garments were nor of the silk so fine,
Down by the Greenbury side."