“Jim Hatfield's Boy”

Description

"You're sending me for life, judge, For killing Bill McCoy, But maybe you don't know, Judge, that I'm Jim Hatfield's boy." The singer, unnamed, describes the history of the Hatfield/McCoy feud and his need for revenge

Supplemental text

Jim Hatfield's Boy
  Partial text(s)

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From Jean Thomas, Ballad Makin', pp. 13-15.

You're sending me for life, judge,
For killing Bill McCoy,
But maybe you don't know, Judge,
that I'm Jim Hatfield's boy.
I do not ask for mercy
A Hatfield does not whine;
But I want the court and jury
to hear these words of mine.

(6 additional stanzas)

Notes

For details on the Hatfield/McCoy feud, see "The Death of Fan McCoy." - RBW

Historical references

• 1880 - Beginning of the Hatfield/McCoy feud

Cross references

• cf. "The Death of Fan McCoy" (subject) and references there

References

1. Thomas-Makin', pp. 13-16, (no title) (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Burt, p. 248, "(Jim Hatfield's Son)" (1 excerpt)
3. ST ThBdM013 (Partial)
4. BI, ThBdM013