Mary Thompson

DESCRIPTION: "In Manchester in Lancashire A damsel she did dwell, In service a long time she lived, Till this to her befell"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Greig/Duncan2)
KEYWORDS: courting homicide servant
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #148, p. 2, ("In Manchester in Lancashire") (1 fragment)
Greig/Duncan2 205, "Mary Thompson" (1 fragment)
Roud #2458
NOTES [18 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Greig/Duncan2 fragment.
Greig: "Her sweetheart murdered her." - BS
Last updated in version 2.4
File: GrD2205

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