Butcher's Boy- Iva Ehlers (IO) c.1931 Stout G
[Single stanza from Folklore from Iowa, collected and edited by Earl J. Stout, 1936. His notes follow. Practically all of the material in this collection was gathered during the fall and winter of 1931.
R. Matteson 2017]
THE BUTCHER BOY. For reference, see Cox, No. 145; Mackenzie, Quest of the Ballad, p. 9; Pound, No. 24; Sandburg, p. 324; Hudson, p. 31; Journal, XXIX, 169; XXXI, 73; XXXV, 360; XXXIX, 122; XLV, 72.
G. [Butcher's Boy.] No local title. Contributed by Iva Ehlers, Dysart.
1. In Jersey City where I did dwell
A butcher's boy I loved so well;
He courted me my heart away
But now with me he will not stay.