Willie, My Son- Thelma Stevens (VA) 1922 Stone
[Single stanza from Davis- Traditional Ballads of Virginia, 1929. This is Davis E. for the Child ballad, Edward. Clearly a mistake since it's a US version of Berkshire Tragedy.
Barry has commented (BFSSNE Vol. 1)in his review of TBV that "Edward (Child 13) E, (Page 124) is from "The Bloody Miller." The motif of the nose-bleed is found already in the earliest text "The Wittam Miller," reprinted in Roxburghe Balads, VIII, 629.
R. Matteson 2016]
[Willie, My Son] No local title. collected by Mr. John Stone. Recited by Miss Thelma Stevens of Igo, Va., King George County, September 11, 1922.
1. "Willie, my son, what have you done,
What blood all over your clothes?"
He mumbled out with all his might,
"Been bleeding out of my nose."