James Munks's Confession

DESCRIPTION: Munks tells the story of how he turned from his parents' good ways. He killed Reuben Guile, took his horse and money, hid his body, and fled. Captured and taken, he has been sentenced to die. He now reveals details of the murder
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1828 (estimate in 1858 Rathvon-EnglishFolksongTradition)
KEYWORDS: homicide execution robbery
FOUND IN: US(MA,MW)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Eddy-BalladsAndSongsFromOhio 113, "James Munks's Confession" (1 text)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, pp. 64-65, "(No title)" (1 text, breaking off in the middle)
Rathvon-EnglishFolksongTradition, p. 7, "James Monce" (1 text)
JournalOfAmericanFolklore, Catharine Ann McCollum and Kenneth Wiggins Porter, "Winter Evenings in Iowa, 1873-1880," Volume 56, Number 220 (Apr.-Jun., 1943), p. 101, "(Come all you good people") (1 text)
ST E113 (Full)
Roud #4100
NOTES [8 words]: This song is item dE40 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: E113

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