“Colonel Sharp”
Description
A girl tells her lover that she was seduced by Colonel Sharp. Both are humiliated; they agree Sharp must die. They pursue the colonel; the man kills Sharp. He is taken and condemned to die. The two kill themselves
Notes
This song is item dF38 in Laws's Appendix II.
Leach reports that this ballad is factually accurate except that the two lovers attempted suicide by poison rather than with a knife, and that the young man lived to be hung. - RBW
Historical references
- 1824 - Murder of Colonel Sharp
References
- Leach, pp. 790-792, "Colonel Sharp" (1 text)
- Roud #4110
- BI, L790