Poor Bill Brown

DESCRIPTION: On a stormy night Bill Brown, his friends, and their dogs go hunting hare. Bill and his dog are shot. He asks the singer to "revenge my death." The next night the singer shoots Tom Green
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1886 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 11(2635))
KEYWORDS: promise homicide poaching revenge death dog animal
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "DEATH OF BILL BROWN, THE"
Kidson-TraditionalTunes, pp. 131-132, "The Death of Bill Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #609
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(2635), "Poor Bill Brown" ("Ye gentlemen both great and small"), H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Firth c.19(48), "Poor Bill Brown"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bill Brown the Poacher" (subject)
File: KiTu131

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