“The Barber Song”
Description
A young barber is admired in general and in particular by a maid named Matilda. A butcher is jealous and goes to the barber shop where they fight and the butcher is killed. Matilda commits suicide; the barber goes crazy and eventually poisons himself.
Notes
Harlow gives the source of this as the Vineyard Gazette (first published in 1846), but gives no date or issue. - SL
References
- Harlow, pp. 196-197, "The Barber Song" (1 text)
- Roud #9158
- BI, Harl196