Cat. #0245 (MFH #37) - As sung by Mrs. Gladys McChristain, Huntsville, Arkansas on October 1, 1958
VERSE 1
In Jersey City, there did dwell
Th butchers boy, I loved so well
He courted me, my heart away
An' then with me, he would not stay
VERSE 2
There was a house, in this very same town
My love would go an' set right down
An' take a strange girl upon his knee
An' tell her things that he would'nt tell me
VERSE 3
And now I'll tell you th reason why
She had more gold and silver than I
Her gold may melt, her silver 'll fly
And then she'll be as poor as I
VERSE 4
Her Mother, she, did come in late
Inquired, what ails my daughter, Kate
She went upstairs, th door she broke
An' found her hanging by a rope
VERSE 5
O, Mother dear, I cannot tell
Th butchers boy, I love so well
He courted me, my heart away
An' then with me, he would not stay
VERSE 6
O, dig my grave, both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
Upon my breast place th snow white dove
To prove to the world, I died in love