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Miss Brown of Dublin City

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.198.3

Original Tape ID

SA1953.198

Summary

In this song, a man kills his lover, Mary, and buries her body beneath a green tree.

Item Notes

Four verses; all verses have four lines, except verse three which has only two mismatched lines. There are generally five verses in this Irish song, with the last verse missing in this performance.

A variant of 'Pretty Polly' or 'The Cruel Ship's Carpenter'.

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R15 GD201 LP36

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair