Butcher Boy- Mrs. Willer (IO) 1931 Stout D
[One and a half stanzas 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.
D. "Butcher Boy." Contributed by Raymond Willer, Reinbeck, as secured from Mrs. Henry Willer, Reinbeck.
1. In Jersey City where I once dwelled
Lived a butcher boy I loved well;
He courted me my heart away
And now with me he will not stay.
2. Go dig my grave both wide and deep;
Place a marble stone at head and feet.