Georgia City- William Rabidue (MI) 1935 Gardner C
[Single stanza given with music from: Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan, by Chickering and Emelyon Elizabeth Gardner, 1939. Their notes follow.
R. Matteson 2017]
37 THE BUTCHER BOY
For a version of this Americanized British ballad almost identical with Michigan A and a note pointing out its composite character see Cox, pp. 430-432. See also Allsopp, II, 207; Eddy, No. 36; Flanders and Brown, pp. 115-116; Henry, JAFL, XLV, 72-74; Scarborough, pp. 282-288, Sharp, II, 76-78; and Stout, pp. 37-41.
C. [Georgia City]. Sung in 1935 by Mr. William Rabidue, West Branch. An incomplete text of five stanzas.
[music]
In Georgia City where I did dwell
A butcher Boy I loved so well
He courted me, my heart away
And then with me he would not stay
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