Butcher Boy- Mrs. G-- (NY) 1947 Lutz D
[Three stanzas with music from Ballad of the Butcher Boy in the Rampano Mountains by Anne Lutz, NYFS, New York Folklore Quarterly - Volume 3, 1947.
R. Matteson 2017]
Butcher Boy- Transcribed by Doris Parvin from the singing of Mrs. G-- of Hillburn, N. Y.
In Jersey City where I did dwell
A butcher boy I loved so well,
He courted me my life at way,
And now with me he will not stay.
[additional stanzas given at different sessions]
He courted me through rain and snow,
'Twas when my apron string hung low;
But now my apron's to my chin,
He passes by, but he never looks in.
He has another; you know why
Because she has more gold than I;
Her gold will melt and her silver will fly;
And then she'll be as poor as I.