Jimmy Ransing- (IN) pre1917 JAF Kittredge
[Single stanza. From Ballads and Songs by G. L. Kittredge; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 30, No. 117 (Jul. - Sep., 1917), pp. 283-369. I assume this ballad text could possibly be found in Kittredges papers.
R. Matteson 2014]
Another, from southern Indiana, communicated by Mr. Wallace C. Wadsworth, ends curiously: -
"What will you will to your sweetheart, Jimmy Ransing, my son?
What will you will to your sweetheart, my dear little one?"
"A bunch of balm to make her bones grow brown,
For she is the cause of my long lying down."