Cooper Milton

DESCRIPTION: "It was on one Thursday morning, a while before noon, When John came in from work and said, 'You've met your doom.'" John kills his wife Flossie and her lover Cooper Milton. John is sentenced to 99 years in Nashville
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Burt-AmericanMurderBallads)
KEYWORDS: homicide infidelity husband wife children
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burt-AmericanMurderBallads, p. 44, "(Cooper Milton)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jesse James (I)" [Laws E1] (lyrics)
NOTES [42 words]: This seems almost an anthology of killing songs, e.g. it refers to "Jesse James" in the line "Flossie leaves eight children to mourn for her life." But Burt-AmericanMurderBallads seems to think it's historical, though she cites no background facts. - RBW
File: Burt044

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