“They Put Me up to Kill Him”
Description
"They put me up to kill him, my pore old white-haired dad, I done it with a horseshoe rasp, The only thing I had." The singer describes the murder, then voices his regrets at his foolishness
Historical references
- June 3, 1935 - Lloyd Robinson murders his father, Robert Robinson. The younger Robinson was sentenced to life imprisonment, and allegedly wrote this song in prison
References
- Randolph 174, "They Put Me up to Kill Him" (1 text)
- Roud #5489
- BI, R174