The Butcher's Boy
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77116
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.151.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
The young butcher boy falls in love with a pretty girl and they agree to marry. He goes to her mother's house and asks her to go for a walk. He stabs her, drags her by the hair to the river and drops her in it. He goes home, and his mother asks him why he has blood on his clothes. He claims he has had a nosebleed. His dreams are haunted by visions of Hell. His crime is discovered and he is hanged.
Item Notes
12 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 2, pp. 45-48
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strichen
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good