Nellie Cropsey- Lucy Dunnegan (NC) 1921 Brown 4C
[Fragment from Brown, North Carolina Folklore 4 (1957) p. 327.
Since the Brown editors had three versions of Lexington Murder wed to the Nellie Crosbie murder, it's inexcusable that they don't give one complete text.
R. Matteson 2016]
Nellie Cropsey- Sung by Miss Lucy Dunnegan of Durham, N. Carolina in 1921.
3. Last Friday night three weeks ago,
Accurs-ed be that day,
The devil put it in my heart,
To take her life away
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