“The Deceitful Husband”

Description

The singer says she was courted and married by a stranger. They had been married six weeks when a woman claims him as the father of her infant. The singer believes the story although her husband denies it. She drives him away to "where he ought to go"

Notes

The description is based on Moulden. - BS

Recordings

  • Robert Cinnamond, "Young Girls Beware" (on IRRCinnamond02)

References

  1. ADDITIONAL: John Moulden, Songs of Hugh McWilliams, Schoolmaster, 1831 (Portrush,1993), p. 8, "The Deceitful Husband"
  2. Roud #7002
  3. BI, RcTDeHus

About

Author: Hugh McWilliams (source: Moulden-McWilliams)
Earliest date: 1831 (according to Moulden-McWilliams)
Found in: Ireland