Butcher's Boy- Farmer Collett (KY) 1937 Lomax
[From AFC 1937/001 Internet Archive's Collection of Alan Lomax's Kentucky Recordings, 1937-1942. "The Butler's Boy" or "The Butcher's Boy," sung by Farmer Collett, with guitar. This is a poor quality recording of an unusual version.
R. Matteson 2017]
The Butcher's Boy- sung by J. F. (Farmer) Collett of Marrowbone Creek, Gardner, KY on Sept. 26, 1937. Incomplete transcription R. Matteson 2017.
In old London City where I used to dwell,
[guitar]
He takes a strange girls on his knee
And he tells to her what he won't tell me.
[guitar]
[hard to hear]
Oh mother oh mother I cannot tell,
A butler's boy I love so well.