The Butcher Boy [Mercer] or She Died In Love
Tragic and sentimental ballad of a girl, rejected by her lover, who commits suicide by hanging. Parody verse exists with last verse humourous parody about buying liquor for the deceased's use in the afterlife to bribe the saints. Mercer, 105, 176, 256; Laws P 24; Peacock, 1965: 705, 709; Family...
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1986
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4530 |
| Summary: | Tragic and sentimental ballad of a girl, rejected by her lover, who commits suicide by hanging. Parody verse exists with last verse humourous parody about buying liquor for the deceased's use in the afterlife to bribe the saints. Mercer, 105, 176, 256; Laws P 24; Peacock, 1965: 705, 709; Family Herald 30/5/34; 18/9/40. |
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