Lass in Betlehem Green, The (The Dutchman's Wife)

DESCRIPTION: A fine lass married a Dutchman. She had an affair with the baker. Local gossips tell the Dutchman. He gets drunk in the local pub and "came rolling home tight." He stabs his wife to death. In a frenzy of despair he accidentally kills himself.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: adultery marriage homicide revenge beauty death humorous husband lover wife suicide
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #18219
RECORDINGS:
Ernest Pooles, "Lass in Betlehem Green, The (The Dutchman's Wife)" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
File: ML3TLiBG

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