The Butcher's Boy
Title
The Butcher's Boy
Digital Object
Performer
Morris, Jimmy
Date Recorded
1937-10-20
AFS Number
1548B2
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "In Johnson City I did dwell," which is the first line Morris sings (and which localizes the ballad).
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
County
Perry
Town
Hazard
Collection
Citation
“The Butcher's Boy,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 19, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1050.