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Broadside ballad entitled 'The Murder of Maria Marten' |
TranscriptionThe Murder of MARIA MARTEN BY W. CORDER. COME all you thoughtless young men, a warning a tree; My name is William Corder, to you I do declare, I promised I would marry her upon a certain day, If yon will meet me at the Red barn, as sure as I have life, my wife; and my spade, With heart so light, she thought no harm, to meet me He murdered her all in the barn, and laid her body low; After the horrid deed was done, she lay weltering in Her bleeding mangled body he buried, under the Red- Now all things being silent, her spirit could not rest, breast; oppress'd, Her mother's mind being so disturbed, she dreamt Her daughter she lay murdered, beneath the Red- she sent the father to the barn, when he the ground And there he found his daughter mingling with the My trial is hard, I could not stand, most woeful was the sight, pierced my heart quite; Her aged father standing by, likewise his loving wife, keep life. run, bang'd; So you young men who do pass by, with pity look on tree.
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Probable period of publication:
1830-1860 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.70(71b)
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