The Two Brothers- Williams (WV) 1927 Cox
[Fragment from: Traditional Ballads & Folk Songs Mainly from West Virginia- John Harrington Cox- 1939 Edited by George Herzog and Herbert Halpert 1939 and George Boswell, 1964.
R. Matteson 2014]
6 - THE TWO BROTHERS* (The Twa Brothers, Child, No. 49)- Communicated by John A. Moore, Wheeling, Ohio County, January, 1927. Obtained from Mrs. Flora A. Williams.
On Monday morning going to school,
on Friday coming home,
I met those boys-a-playing ball,
those girl's a-rolling stone;
They rassled up, they rassled down,
and Johnnie fell to the ground,
And out of his pocket a weapon flew,
gave Johnnie a deadly wound.
See NC II 49.
* Text fragmentary