“Billy Vite and Molly Green”
Description
"Come all you blades both high and low And you shall hear of a dismal go." Billy Vite/White falls in love with Molly Green, but she denies him. The devil comes to him with arsenic; he poisons her; a sheep's head accuses him of murder and takes him to hell
Cross references
- cf. "Henry Green (The Murdered Wife)" [Laws F14] (plot)
References
- Flanders/Brown, pp. 109-110, "Billy White" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Spaeth-WeepMore, pp. 198-199, "Billy Vite and Molly Green" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #5441
- BI, FlBr109