Jealous Lover (II), The

DESCRIPTION: The jealous lover takes his girlfriend down to the woods. (She grows weary, and asks to return home.) He (tells her she will never return home, and) stabs her. With her dying breath she forgives him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (recording, Kelly Harrell)
KEYWORDS: homicide jealousy
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MA,MW,SE,So) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (19 citations):
Eddy-BalladsAndSongsFromOhio 104, "The Jealous Lover" (8 texts, 2 tunes, but only the F, G, and H texts belong with this ballad; the others all go with the other ballads listed in the cross-references)
Stout-FolkloreFromIowa 36, p. 50, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text)
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp. 313-315, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 179-180, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rainey/Pinkston-SongsOfTheOzarkFolk, p. 47, "Jealous Lover" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi 62, pp. 185-187, "The Jealous Love" (2 texts plus mention of 8 more)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #35, "The Jealous Lover" (3 texts, 1 tune; the "A" and "B" texts appear to be "The Jealous Lover (II)"; the "C" text is the "Pearl Bryan" type of "The Jealous Lover (I) [Laws F1 A/BC])
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs 47, "The Lone Green Valley" (1 text, 1 tune)
Pound-AmericanBalladsAndSongs, 43, pp. 101-102, "The Jealous Lover"; pp. 102-103, "The Weeping Willow" (2 texts, of which the first is this but the second is short and could well be Laws F1)
Cox-FolkSongsSouth 38, "The Jealous Lover" (5 texts plus mentions of three more; of these, Laws identifies D and E as "The Jealous Lover (I)"; since he does not catalog the other three, it appears they belong here)
Cox/Hercog/Halpert/Boswell-WVirginia-B, #5A-B, pp. 130-132, "The Jealous Lover," "Blue-Eyed Ellen" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune; the "A" fragment might be this or "The Jealous Lover (I)"; the "B" text is probably this song)
Henry-SongsSungInTheSouthernAppalachians, pp. 51-52, "Shady Valley (The Jealous Lover)" (1 text)
Richardson/Spaeth-AmericanMountainSongs, pp. 30-31, "Blue Eyed Ellen or The Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley" (1 text, 1 tune)
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 206-207, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text)
Spaeth-WeepSomeMoreMyLady, pp. 121-122, "Blue-Eyed Ellen, or The Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley" (1 text, 1 tune); p. 122, "Come, Emily" (1 text, 1 tune)
Leach-FolkBalladsSongsOfLowerLabradorCoast 104, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text, 1 tune)
Darling-NewAmericanSongster, pp. 198-199, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text, liste by the editor as "The Jealous Lover (I) but belonging here by the criteria outlined below)
Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley 32, "The Jealous Lover" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT 626, JLSLOVER*
Roud #500
RECORDINGS:
Vernon Dalhart, "The Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley" (Brunswick 143, 1927; Supertone S-2012, 1930)
Mrs. Mary Dunphy, "A Jealous Lover" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
Kelly Harrell, "Blue Eyed Ella" (OKeh 7010, 1925; on KHarrell01)
Eddy Primroy, "Jealous Lover" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
Posey Rorrer and the North Carolina Ramblers, "Blue Eyed Eller" (Edison, unissued, 1928)
Theresa White, "Jealous Lover" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jealous Lover (I), The (Florella, Floella) (Pearl Bryan II) (Nell Cropsey II)" [Laws F1A, B, C]
cf. "The Banks of the Ohio" [LawsF5]
cf. "The Wexford Girl" [Laws P35]
NOTES [104 words]: Given the number of similar songs, the reader is advised to check references under Laws F1, Laws F2, Laws F3, etc.
The element that most clearly distinguishes this from "The Jealous Lover (I)" is that the girl forgives the murderer. At least, that's my guess, based on the "Jealous Lover" texts Laws does not catalog.
I agree, it's a mess; Laws accuses students of persistently confusing his F1 and F2, but gives no method for distinguishing them, and does not treat this close relative at all! If it were me, I'd lump the Jealous Lover songs; even if they originated separately, they trade verses at an incredible rate. - RBW
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