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