Miss Brown of Dublin City
Contributors
Date
September 1953
Track ID
24303
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.198.3
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a man kills his lover, Mary, and buries her body beneath a green tree.
Item Notes
Four verses; all verses have four lines, except verse three which has only two mismatched lines. There are generally five verses in this Irish song, with the last verse missing in this performance.
A variant of 'Pretty Polly' or 'The Cruel Ship's Carpenter'.
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair