William Bluet (Blewitt)

DESCRIPTION: "There was a woman lived in Hampshire, She had one only son, and him she loved most dear." The young man spends his estate, then turns to crime. Taken and condemned, he bids a sad farewell to his mother and is executed. A dove hovers by his dying head
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967
KEYWORDS: death crime punishment mother money bird
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Apr 12, 1726 - Execution of William Blewitt, a convicted housebreaker, pickpocket, and accomplice to murder, in Surrey
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Combs/Wilgus-FolkSongsOfTheSouthernUnitedStates 125, pp. 151-152, "William Bluet" (1 text)
Roud #4298
File: CW151

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