Jersey City- Mrs. Julia Barnes (Dors) 1952 Kennedy

Jersey City- Mrs. Julia Barnes (Dors) 1952 Kennedy

[Single stanza from Kennedy; Ballads of Britain and Ireland; RPL 18694.

R. Matteson 2017]



Jersey City- sung by Mrs. Julia Barnes of Chideock, Dorset as collected by Peter Kennedy in 1952.

1. In Jersey city where I do dwell,
 The butcher boy whom I loved so well;
 He courted me both night and day,
 And now with me he will not stay.