“A Poor Sinner”
Description
"Hark, sinner, hark, while I relate, What happened in Kentucky state. A poor young woman lately died; She dropped from all her wealth and pride." Led astray by a young man, she turned ungodly. Dying, she bids farewell; her mother says she will go to hell
Supplemental text
Poor Sinner, A
Complete text(s)
*** A ***
(no title)
From Dorothy Scarborough, A Song Catcher in Southern Mountains,
p. 73. Collected from Mrs. J. G. Stikeleather, Asheville,
North Carolina
Hark, sinner hark, whilst I relate
What happened in Kentucky state.
A nice young lady late have died,
Falling from all her wealth and pride.
Come, father, mother, sister, too
Now I must bid you all adieu.
They closed her eyes, her nails turned blue,
And thus she bid them all adieu.
Cross references
- cf. "Wicked Polly" [Laws H6] (plot)
References
- BrownIII 63, "A Poor Sinner" (1 text)
- Scarborough-SongCatcher, p. 73, (no title) (1 short text)
- ST Br3063 (Full)
- Roud #7846
- BI, Br3063