Whose Corpse Is A-Coming This Way? Jacobs (WS) 1938
[From: Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin by Asher E. Treat; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 52, No. 203 (Jan. - Mar., 1939), pp. 1-51.
R. Matteson 2012]
49. WHOSE CORPSE IS THAT A-COMING THIS WAY?
Sung by Mrs. M. G. Jacobs, September 6, 1938. Cf. Sharp, Giles Collins.
Whose corpse is that a-coming this way?
Whose coffin is that so fine?
I do believe it's young Collinses corpse,
That old sweetheart of mine.
They sent the news to London town
And printed on London's gate.
There six fair ladies died all in one night,
All for young